Year: 2024
Type: preprint
Abstract: The CHIPS R&D project focuses on development of low-cost water Cherenkov neutrino detectors through novel design strategies and resourceful engineering. This work presents an end-to-end DAQ solution intended for a recent 5 kt CHIPS prototype, which is largely based on affordable mass-produced components. Much like the detector itself, the presented instrumentation is composed of modular arrays that can be scaled up and easily serviced. A single such array can carry up to 30 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) accompanied by electronics that generate high voltage in-situ and deliver time resolution of up to 0.69 ns. In addition, the technology is compatible with the White Rabbit timing system, which can synchronize its elements to within 100 ps. While deployment issues did not permit the presented DAQ system to operate beyond initial evaluation, the presented hardware and software successfully passed numerous commissioning tests that demonstrated their viability for use in a large-scale neutrino detector, instrumented with thousands of PMTs.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Rancurel, Belén Alonso, Cao, Son, Carroll, Thomas J., Castellan, Rhys, Catano-Mur, Erika, Cesar, John P., Coelho, João A. B., Dills, Patrick, Dodwell, Thomas, Edmondson, Jack, van Eijk, Daan, Fetterly, Quinn, Garbal, Zoé, Germani, Stefano, Gilpin, Thomas, Giraudo, Anthony, Habig, Alec, Hanuska, Daniel, Hausner, Harry, Hernandez, Wilson Y., Holin, Anna, Huang, Junting, Jones, Sebastian B., Karle, Albrecht, Kileff, George, Jenkins, Kai R., Kooijman, Paul, Kreymer, Arthur, LaFond, Gabe M., Lang, Karol, Lazar, Jeffrey P., Li, Rui, Liu, Kexin, Loving, David A., Mánek, Petr, Marshak, Marvin L., Meier, Jerry R., Miller, William, Nelson, Jeffrey K., Ng, Christopher, Nichol, Ryan J., Paolone, Vittorio, Perch, Andrew, Pfützner, Maciej M., Radovic, Alexander, Rawlins, Katherine, Roedl, Patrick, Rogers, Lucas, Safa, Ibrahim, Sousa, Alexandre, Tingey, Josh, Thomas, Jennifer, Trokan-Tenorio, Jozef, Vahle, Patricia, Wade, Richard, Wendt, Christopher, Wendt, Daniel, Whitehead, Leigh H., Wolcott, Samuel, Yuan, Tianlu
Institutions: Aix-Marseille Université, Imperial College London, University College London, University of Wisconsin–Madison, William & Mary, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Agence Parisienne du Climat, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, University of Perugia, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tsinghua University, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota System, Michigan State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Alaska Anchorage, Columbia University, University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4402028384