Integration of the FastIC front-end electronics into the Picosec MicroMegas detector

Scharenberg L, Alozy J, Angelis Y, Aune S, Ballabriga R, Bortfeldt J, Brunbauer F, Brunoldi M, Campbell M, Datta J, De Oliveira R, Dehmelt K, Fanourakis G, Fernandez-Tenllado JM, Flöthner KJ, Fiorina D, Gallinaro M, Garcia F, Gascon D, Giomataris I, Gnanvo K, Gomez S, Iguaz FJ, Janssens D, Kallitsopoulou A, Kovacic M, Kross B, Legou P, Lisowska M, Liu J, Lupberger M, Manera R, Maniatis I, Mariscal A, Mauricio J, McKisson J, Meng Y, Muller H, Oliveri E, Orlandini G, Pandey A, Papaevangelou T, Picatoste E, Piller M, Pomorski M, Ropelewski L, Sampsonidis D, Sanuy A, Schneider T, Scorsone E, Sohl L, van Stenis M, Tsipolitis Y, Tzamarias SE, Utrobicic A, Vai I, Veenhof R, Vitulo P, Wang X, White S, Xi W, Zhang Z, Zhou Y (2025)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Book Volume: 1076

Article Number: 170496

DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2025.170496

Abstract

The Picosec MicroMegas collaboration aims to develop gaseous fast-timing detectors; experimentally, intrinsic time resolutions from around 50ps to better than 20ps are obtained, depending on the exact detector configuration. Parts of developments focus on exploring various options of fast-timing multi-channel front-end electronics, to meet the data processing demands of experimental applications. One option is the FastIC, which was developed for reading out positive and negative input polarity sensors with intrinsic amplification. In this paper, the first results from reading out the gaseous Picosec MicroMegas detector with the FastIC are presented. In laboratory studies, a basic description of the data processing chain was performed using a function generator. The results from test beam measurements are used to characterise the timing performance and the charge processing of the combination of FastIC and Picosec MicroMegas, as well as to demonstrate the possibility of a multi-channel detector readout. Although the timing-at-threshold level of the FastIC introduces a time walk of around 1.5ns, time resolutions of around 50ps have been achieved.

Involved external institutions

Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung (CERN) Switzerland (CH) Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU) France (FR) University of Zagreb / Sveučilište u Zagrebu Croatia (HR) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility United States (USA) (US) Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) / 中国科学院高能物理研究所 China (CN) Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Germany (DE) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) / University of Barcelona Spain (ES) Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI) / Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB) Croatia (HR) Università degli Studi di Pavia Italy (IT) University of Virginia (UVA) United States (USA) (US) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece (GR) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Germany (DE) State University of New York at Albany (UNY Albany / UAlbany) United States (USA) (US) Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP) Portugal (PT) Helsinki Institute of Physics Finland (FI) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) National Technical University of Athens / Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο Greece (GR)

How to cite

APA:

Scharenberg, L., Alozy, J., Angelis, Y., Aune, S., Ballabriga, R., Bortfeldt, J.,... Zhou, Y. (2025). Integration of the FastIC front-end electronics into the Picosec MicroMegas detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170496

MLA:

Scharenberg, L., et al. "Integration of the FastIC front-end electronics into the Picosec MicroMegas detector." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1076 (2025).

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