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Particle telescope with Timepix3 pixel detectors

NázevTitle
Particle telescope with Timepix3 pixel detectorsParticle telescope with Timepix3 pixel detectors
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
P. Burian, P. Broulim, V. Georgiev, B. Bergmann, S. Pospíšil
DOIDOI
10.1088/1748-0221/13/01/C01002
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of Instrumentation. 2018, 13 ISSN 1748-0221.
RokYear
2018
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000419048300002
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85041457551
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/18:00319509!RIV19-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Centrum pokročilých jaderných technologiíCentre for Advanced Nuclear Technologies; Urychlovač Van de Graaff - laditelný zdroj monoenergetických neutronů a lehkých iontůVan de Graaff Accelerator - a Tunable Source of Monoenergetic Neutrons and Light Ions; Centrum rozvoje technologií pro jadernou a radiační bezpečnostRadiation and nuclear safety technologies development center

AbstraktAbstract

In the presented work, we demonstrate how Timepix3 detectors, featuring the Katherine (Gigabit Ethernet interface) readout, can be used in a particle telescope. For the highly precise timestamp synchronization, a special timing unit (with time resolution similar to 13 ps) based on a Time-to-Digital-Converter (TDC) is used and interconnected with the readouts. The designed concept of the measurement chain was tested at the SPS facilities at CERN in a 40 GeV/c pion beam using a telescope of 3 synchronized Timepix3 detectors. Evaluating spatially and temporally coincident events, an overall time resolution below 2 ns was determined, whereby a systematic error of < 1 ns was present.

In the presented work, we demonstrate how Timepix3 detectors, featuring the Katherine (Gigabit Ethernet interface) readout, can be used in a particle telescope. For the highly precise timestamp synchronization, a special timing unit (with time resolution similar to 13 ps) based on a Time-to-Digital-Converter (TDC) is used and interconnected with the readouts. The designed concept of the measurement chain was tested at the SPS facilities at CERN in a 40 GeV/c pion beam using a telescope of 3 synchronized Timepix3 detectors. Evaluating spatially and temporally coincident events, an overall time resolution below 2 ns was determined, whereby a systematic error of < 1 ns was present.