• norsk
    • English
  • English 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • Department of Physics and Technology
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

A Silicon Photomultiplier Based Readout System For A Cosmic Muon Telescope; Design And Implementation

Lauritzen, Magne Eik
Master thesis
Thumbnail
View/Open
master thesis (14.01Mb)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16044
Date
2017-06-16
Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Department of Physics and Technology [1327]
Abstract
The Cosmic Ray Telescope (CRT) is a 4 m^2 scintillator detector segmented into 16 slabs with dimensions of 25100 cm^2. The detector is located at the Department of Physics, University of Bergen, and is intended primarily for educational purposes. As part of this project, the original photomultiplier tubes have been replaced with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), as they offered greater benefits than PMTs for this project. An entirely new SiPM readout system has been developed, enabling low muon crossing timing uncertainty (0.6 ns). The readout system runs custom software on an Arduino microcontroller, and any number of these systems can be linked together and controlled from a computer. The design of this readout system is presented in detail, and its implementation on the CRT is described. In addition to the development of the readout system, an application was developed for the purposes of controlling the detector and performing on-line analysis of the data it generates in order to locate coincidences between scintillator slabs. Compared to traditional analogue coincidence schemes this offered greater flexibility and cost-reduction. The algorithm and capabilities of the control software are presented.
Publisher
The University of Bergen
Copyright
Copyright the Author. All rights reserved

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit
 

 

Browse

ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournalsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournals

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit