Timepix-based radiation environment monitor measurements aboard the International Space Station
- NázevTitle
- Timepix-based radiation environment monitor measurements aboard the International Space StationTimepix-based radiation environment monitor measurements aboard the International Space Station
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- N. Stoffle, L. Pinsky, M. Kroupa, S. Hoang, J. Idarraga, C. Amberboy, R. Rios, J. Hauss, J. Keller, A. Bahadori, E. Semones, D. Tureček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Vykydal, S. Pospíšil
- DOIDOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.016
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2015, 782 143-148. ISSN 0168-9002.
- RokYear
- 2015
- JazykLanguage
- eng
- WoSWoS
- 000351065600020
- ScopusScopus
- 2-s2.0-84924072186
- RIVRIV
- RIV/68407700:21670/15:00242277!RIV16-MSM-21670___
- ProjektProject
- Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.; Spolupráce ČR s CERNCollaboration of the Czech Republic with CERN
AbstraktAbstract
A number of small, single element radiation detectors, employing the CERN-based Medipix2 Collaboration's Timepix Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) coupled to a specially modified version of the USB-Lite interface for that ASIC provided by the Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics (IEAP) at the Czech Technical University in Prague, have been developed at the University of Houston and NASA Johnson Space Center. These detectors, officially designated by NASA as Radiation Environment Monitors (REMs), were deployed aboard the International Space Station in late 2012. Six REM units are currently operating on Station Support Computers (SSCs) and returning data on a daily basis. The associated data acquisition software on the SSCs provides both automated data collection and transfer, as well as algorithms to handle adjustment of acquisition rates and recovery and restart of the acquisition software. A suite of ground software analysis tools has been developed to allow rapid analysis of the data and provides a ROOT-based framework for extending data analysis capabilities.
A number of small, single element radiation detectors, employing the CERN-based Medipix2 Collaboration's Timepix Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) coupled to a specially modified version of the USB-Lite interface for that ASIC provided by the Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics (IEAP) at the Czech Technical University in Prague, have been developed at the University of Houston and NASA Johnson Space Center. These detectors, officially designated by NASA as Radiation Environment Monitors (REMs), were deployed aboard the International Space Station in late 2012. Six REM units are currently operating on Station Support Computers (SSCs) and returning data on a daily basis. The associated data acquisition software on the SSCs provides both automated data collection and transfer, as well as algorithms to handle adjustment of acquisition rates and recovery and restart of the acquisition software. A suite of ground software analysis tools has been developed to allow rapid analysis of the data and provides a ROOT-based framework for extending data analysis capabilities.