Electronics and data acquisition system for the ICAL prototype detector of India-based neutrino observatory

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration has proposed to build a 50kton magnetized Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector with the primary goal to study neutrino oscillations, employing Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements. A prototype of the ICAL detector has been b...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2013-02, Vol.701, p.153-163
Main Authors: Behere, A., Bhuyan, M., Chandratre, V.B., Dasgupta, S., Datar, V.M., Kalmani, S.D., Lahamge, S.M., Mondal, N.K., Mukhopadhyay, P.K., Nagaraj, P., Nagesh, B.K., Pal, S., Rao, Shobha K., Samuel, D., Saraf, M.N., Satyanarayana, B., Shastrakar, R.S., Shinde, R.R., Sudheer, K.M., Upadhya, S.S., Verma, P.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerators
Construction
Data acquisition
Detectors
Electronics
ICAL
India-based Neutrino Observatory
INO
Neutrinos
Observatories
Oscillations
Prototypes
VME
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Summary:The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration has proposed to build a 50kton magnetized Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector with the primary goal to study neutrino oscillations, employing Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements. A prototype of the ICAL detector has been built in order to develop and characterize the intrinsic sub-systems, like RPCs, gas system, electronics and data acquisition system, etc. This paper describes in detail the readout electronics as well as the VME-based data acquisition system for the prototype detector.
ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.007