LED light pulser for high precision monitoring of the scintillation calorimeter energy scale

Fyodorov, A.A.; Коржик, М. В.; Lopatik, A.; Missevitch, O.

doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00275-7

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“…The output signals of all detectors were digitized by a Lecroy 1182 12-bit charge ADC. The light signals from a stabilized LED-based light source [9] were also delivered to each light detector, and were used for the setup stability control. The mean over 1000 pulses versus time without stabilization is presented in fig.…”

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Stabilized dye laser for crystal electromagnetic calorimeter monitoring

Fedorov¹,

Коржик²,

Lopatik³

et al. 2002

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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Stabilized dye laser for crystal electromagnetic calorimeter monitoring

Fedorov¹,

Коржик²,

Lopatik³

et al. 2002

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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“…The signal from the shaping amplifier is compared with the reference voltage level, and the resulting "error" signal operates the LED driving circuit. This principle of automated control of light pulse intensity is similar to that described in detail in [10]. The block "Control" synchronizes the operation of the spectrometer, also producing signals "Color," "Gate," and "Ready," which are necessary for ADC operation.…”

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Equipment and methods for rapid analysis of PWO full-sized scintillation crystal radiation hardness during mass production

Annenkov

Auffray²,

Drobychev³

et al. 2001

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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Abstract-The mass production of lead tungstate crystals (PWO) for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Project at CERN began at the Bogoroditsk Techno-Chemical Plant (BTCP, TulaRegion, Russia) in 2000. Mass production technology, developed in recent years, is based on a set of methods and instrumentation for crystal growth and machining, as well as quality control and certification of crystals. One of the most crucial categories of tolerances is the radiation hardness of crystals. Control of the PWO radiation hardness during the mass production phase requires a reliable, easy-to-use measuring tool with high productivity. A semiautomatic spectrometric setup for PWO radiation hardness monitoring was developed and tested at CERN. After final crosschecks, the setup was put into operation at BTCP.Index Terms-Certification, electromagnetic calorimeters, radiation hardness, scintillation crystals. I. REQUIREMENTS FOR PWO CRYSTAL RADIATION HARDNESST HE requirements on radiation tolerance, set by the specification for the preproduction phase, are intended to provide the best possible compromise between electromagnetic calorimeter barrel performance and crystal production yield [1]. As is stated in the specification, the required level of PWO radiation hardness is defined by three parameters: 1) induced absorption of fully saturated crystal, laterally irradiated by Co with a total absorbed dose 500 Gy at a dose rate 100 Gy/h at 420 nm is m (measured within 40 min after irradiation, T C); 2) a light yield loss 6% after frontal Co irradiation for a total absorbed dose of 2 Gy and a dose rate of 0.15 Gy/h corresponding to the large hadron collider (LHC) irradiation environment (measured periodically during irradiation, T C); 3) no recovery time constant shorter than 1 h. During the optimization of the lead tungstate production technology, numerous irradiation tests were performed to measure PWO crystal behavior in the irradiation environment similar to one of LHC and to tune the specification of the crystals. Besides the specification tuning, these tests provided valuable feedback to crystal technology development. Although various irradiation methods gave results differing by a factor of about two [2] and the information return to the producer was rather slow, in the end the technology of radiation-hard PWO crystal production was achieved [3]- [5]. After this, the stabilization of the level of technology reached becomes crucial, requiring development of adequate methods and equipment for fast control of crystal quality during mass production. From this point of view, the crystal producer has all the needed instrumentation for crystal geometry and optical property control, namely, an automatic crystal control system (ACCOS), which includes a three-dimensional machine [6]. However, the organization of a reliable control of radiation hardness met some obstacles. First of all, such measurements require a long time. Taking into account the total quantity of crystals under production, it is impossible to measure the radiation hardness...

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