Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2022/Jun16
Afternoon test at UCLH with photodiodes and CMOS sensor.
Experiment Equipment
Item | Notes |
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Network Hub | Set in control room to take output from experimental room ethernet connection. Control laptops connected via 5GHz WiFi. |
Control Laptop x3 | 2 for remote control of CMOS sensor and FPGA, 1 for notes/web GUI. |
Ethernet Cable x 3 | To connect DAQ laptops to network in the experimental room, network hub to network in control room. |
Portable Enclosure | Modified Big Zarges Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case.
Features mount for scintillator stack, front and back openings for beam, patch panel with ports for SHV, BNC, SMA, USB, Camera Link cables. |
Scintillator stack | X x 10 mm, Y x 10 mm and Z x (approx) 2.8 mm sheets in ascending order from the front/beam of the end of the scintillator. Sheet numbers from front to end (in beam direction): 51, 5, 54, 3, 45, 1, 31, 50, 49, 44, 39, 9, 42, 33, 46, 47, 38, 37, 40, 8, 32, 43, 34, 41, 52, 6, 55, 4, 35, 11, 36, 24. Full stack thickness measurements (in mm): 90.61, 90.65. |
DAQ laptop x2 | Control CMOS sensor and photodiode acquisition. |
Nexys Video FPGA development board. | For interfacing between DDC232 and PC. |
Rev. 2 Texas Instruments DDC232 custom circuit board (x2) | Each housing 16x Hamamatsu S12915-16R photodiodes, coupled directly to scintillator sheets with optical gel. Aligned by eye to scintillator sheets. |
Gloves | For handling scintillator |
Optical Gel | For photodiode-scintillator optical coupling |
Schematic
Experiment Plan
- Background & calibration shoot-throughs (background at all 8 DDC232 full-scale ranges)
- Pencil beams, 70-110 MeV, 5 MeV steps, 2 currents (high/low)
- Live fit demo: pencil beam 100-110 MeV
- Treatment plan: range steps, 110 MeV-70 MeV, 1 MeV steps, no x-y scanning (demo live fit)
- ±1, 2, 3, 4mm in x-y planes, 100 MeV
- Detector misalignment, ±2°, ±5°, ±10° 100 MeV
Experiment Notes
Range calorimeter measurements with CMOS sensor + photodiodes.
Images from Sensor: /unix/www/html/pbt/wikiData/images/UCLH_Jun2022/CMOS
Photodiode hexadecimal data: /unix/pbt/data/uclh/20220616/DDC232
Run number | Beam Energy (MeV) | Estimated Range (mm) | Current (nA) | Spot size (mm, FWHM) | DDC232 FSR (pC) | DDC232 Integration Time (us) | Degrader WET (mm) | Comments | Photodiode QB Fit | CMOS QB Fit | PDL Comparison | Replay Fit |
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0 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 350 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 300 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 250 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
3 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 200 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
4 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 150 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
5 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 100 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
6 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50 | 170 | 0 | room light off | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
7 | Background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | room light off (continued) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
8 | 240 | N/A | 10 | N/A | 350 | 170 | 50 | LH shoot through; 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
9 | 240 | N/A | 10 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | LH shoot through; 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10 | 240 | N/A | 10 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | RH shoot through; 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
11 | 200 | N/A | 90 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | RH shoot through; 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
12 | 200 | N/A | 20 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | RH shoot through; 90° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
13 | 130 | N/A | 50 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor slight saturation; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
14 | 120 | N/A | 60 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
15 | 120 | N/A | 270 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
16 | 110 | N/A | 70 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
17 | 110 | N/A | 300 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
18 | 100 | N/A | 90 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
19 | 100 | N/A | 350 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
20 | 90 | N/A | 110 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
21 | 90 | N/A | 400 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
22 | 80 | N/A | 500 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
23 | 70 | N/A | 700 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
24 | 130 | N/A | 200 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
25 | 200 | N/A | 20 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | LH shoot through; 270° gantry; CMOS sensor fine; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
26 | 130 | N/A | 200 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
27 | 120 | N/A | 270 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
28 | 110 | N/A | 300 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
29 | 100 | N/A | 350 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 400 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
31 | 80 | N/A | 500 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
32 | 70 | N/A | 700 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 270° gantry; CMOS sensor saturated; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
33 | background | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | RevC onwards; 270° gantry | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
34 | 240 | N/A | 13 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | LH shoot through; 270° gantry | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
35 | 240 | N/A | 13 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 50 | RH shoot through; 90° gantry | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
36 | 110 | N/A | 300 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
37 | 105 | N/A | 350 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
38 | 100 | N/A | 350 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
39 | 95 | N/A | 400 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
40 | 90 | N/A | 400 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
41 | 85 | N/A | 500 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
42 | 80 | N/A | 500 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
43 | 75 | N/A | 700 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
44 | 70 | N/A | 700 | N/A | 12.5 | 170 | 0 | 90° gantry; | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |