Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs/2018/Nov16-18
2 night shifts with range calorimeter and single PMT module.
Equipment List
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Single Module Scintillator Block | 3cm x 3cm x 5cm standard scintillator block. Optical gel required to couple Scintillator to PMT |
| Photomultiplier Tube | Hamamatsu R13089 2" |
| Portable Enclosure | Modified Peli 1510 Waterproof Wheeled Equipment Case. 230 x 555 x 350mm |
| LeCroy HDO6104 Oscilloscope | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-BNC conversion. |
| Caen DT5751 Digitiser | Records PMT output, connected via SMA-MCX conversion. Used channel 3. |
| DAQ Laptop | Controls Caen HV supply; records data from Caen digitiser. |
| Caen NDT1470 HV Supply | Supplies HV to PMT |
| PRaVDA Strip Tracker | PRaVDA Unit A, 3x150um Si strip sensors with 90.4um strip pitch. Firmware version update to yield square pulse out when 2 or 3 layers have a strip over threshold per read out cycle |
| Control Laptop x 3 | Two used for Remote Desktop control of LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ Laptop. Third used for taking down notes. |
| Ethernet Switcher | Set in experiment room and connected LeCroy Oscilloscope and DAQ laptop. Output sent to control room Network Hub. |
| Network Hub | Set in control room to take output from ethernet switcher. Control laptops connected via ethernet or 5GHz WiFi. |
| Ethernet Cable x 3 | To connect 1 control laptop, the LeCroy HDO6104 and DAQ Laptop to their respective network hubs. |
| Ethernet Cable | To connect control Network Hub to Ethernet Switcher. |
| Male-to-Male SMA Cable | Signal from enclosure port to Splitter |
| DC-4200 MHz Signal Splitter | Splits SMA signal to two SMA signals – sent to Oscilloscope and Digitiser. |
| Male SMA to Male BNC cable | Sends 1 output from splitter to Oscilloscope. |
| Male SMA to Male MCX cable | Sends 1 output from splitter to Digitiser |
| USB Cable | Caen HV unit to DAQ Laptop |
| Gloves | For handling scintillator |
| Optical gel | For coupling scintillator to PMT |
| Wipes | For removing optical gel |
Experiment List
16–17th November
ISDI sensor + scintillator stack
17–18th November
Single module
Experiment Log
Beam Tests
16–17th November
| Run Number | High Voltage (V) | Trigger Level (mV) | Trigger Source | Beam Current / Rate | Collimator | Filename | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | -900 | 70, +ve | Tracker (C2) | 170pA/~10 kHz | 2 mm centred | run00_2mmCCol_160pA_TrackTrig | First test of tracker/PMT synchronisation |