Publications

2023

Développement et caractérisation d’un circuit intégré de lecture de détecteurs LGAD destinés à la mesure 'pico-seconde' du temps de vol pour l'expérience ATLAS
- Morenas Maxime
, 2023. Le développement d'un nouveau détecteur LGAD (Low Gain Avalanche Diodes) ouvre la voie à de nouvelles,mesures temporelles de l'ordre de quelques picosecondes pour les détecteurs pixellisés. Les expériences ATLAS et CMS,au CERN attendent de ce nouveau détecteur des mesures de précision sur les collisions de particules afin de réduire les,problématiques d'empilement de signal lié à la haute luminosité de l'accélérateur en phase 3. Ces nouveaux détecteurs,demandent une nouvelle génération d'ASIC de lecture pour mesurer le temps avec une précision améliorée de plusieurs,ordres de grandeur par rapport aux performances existantes. L'ASIC est basé sur des amplificateurs GHz et des TDC,(Time to Digital Converters) avec des performances et des budgets de consommation au-delà de l'état de l'art. Le circuit,devra par ailleurs résister à des niveaux d'irradiations très important (plusieurs centaines de Mrad). L'objet de la thèse est,de simuler, développer et caractériser cet ASIC dans le cadre de la collaboration ATLAS.
Performance of H2GCROC3, the readout ASIC of SiPMs for the back hadronic sections of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter
- González-Martínez J.D
, 2024, 19 (04), pp.C04005. H2GCROC is a 130 nm CMOS ASIC designed to read out the SiPMs coupled to the scintillating tiles of the back hadronic sections of CMS HGCAL. Each of its 72 channels comprises a current conveyor, a high-gain preamplifier, a shaper, an ADC for energy measurement, and two discriminators linked to TDCs for capturing time-of-arrival and time-over-threshold information, respectively. This work presents the ASIC architecture and its characterization in the laboratory and test beam environments. The results demonstrate its adaptability in calibration, proving its capability to measure the SiPM single-photon spectrum and MIP's energy with high resolution under the expected radiation conditions during the entire operation of HGCAL. (10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04005)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04005
Chips for calibration of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeter
- Raux L
, 2024, 19 (05), pp.C05002. The LHC upgrade requires redoing the liquid Argon (LAr) calibration system which should provide a 16-bit range signal with 1‰ accuracy while being radiation tolerant. The fundamental operating principle remains unchanged: a precise current is stored in an inductor, and upon switching off the current, a pulse is generated for injection into the readout electronics. This is achieved by two chips: the first one, in CMOS 130 nm, provides the 16-bit DAC as well as the calibration management system; the second one, in XFAB 180 nm, embeds switches to generate the pulses. A description of both chips and measurement results will be presented. (10.1088/1748-0221/19/05/C05002)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/19/05/C05002
SET sensitivity of a VCRO-based PLL for HL-LHC ATLAS HGTD
- de la Taille Christophe
- Dinaucourt Pierrick
- Ky Beng-Yun
- Morenas Maxime
- Seguin-Moreau Nathalie
- Thienpont Damien
- Vernazza Elena
, 2024, 19 (04), pp.C04014. We report the characterization of the Single Effect Transient (SET) sensitivity of an analogue Phase Locked Loop (PLL) based on a Voltage Controlled Ring Oscillator (VCRO) under a proton beam. The clock generator is embedded in a front-end ASIC, namely ALTIROC designed in CMOS 130 nm, reading out Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) matrices for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). We detail the methodology developed to study such events that could degrade the targeted time resolution of 35 ps per hit. Observed SET-induced phase jumps allow the estimation of the total cross-section of the PLL. The results are extrapolated to the HL-LHC radiation conditions. (10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04014)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04014
Chips for calibration of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeter
- Raux L
- Lorenzo Martinez Narei
, 2024, 19. <div><p>The LHC upgrade requires redoing the liquid Argon (LAr) calibration system which should provide a 16-bit range signal with 1‰ accuracy while being radiation tolerant. The fundamental operating principle remains unchanged: a precise current is stored in an inductor, and upon switching off the current, a pulse is generated for injection into the readout electronics. This is achieved by two chips: the first one, in CMOS 130 nm, provides the 16-bit DAC as well as the calibration management system; the second one, in XFAB 180 nm, embeds switches to generate the pulses. A description of both chips and measurement results will be presented.</p></div> (10.1088/1748-0221/19/05/C05002)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/19/05/C05002
The JUNO experiment Top Tracker
- Abusleme Angel
- Adam Thomas
- Ahmad Shakeel
- Ahmed Rizwan
- Aiello Sebastiano
- Akram Muhammad
- Aleem Abid
- Alexandros Tsagkarakis
- An Fengpeng
- An Qi
- Andronico Giuseppe
- Anfimov Nikolay
- Antonelli Vito
- Antoshkina Tatiana
- Asavapibhop Burin
- Athayde Marcondes de André João Pedro
- Auguste Didier
- Bai Weidong
- Balashov Nikita
- Baldini Wander
- Barresi Andrea
- Basilico Davide
- Baussan Eric
- Bellato Marco
- Beretta Marco
- Bergnoli Antonio
- Bick Daniel
- Birkenfeld Thilo
- Blin Sylvie
- Blum David
- Blyth Simon
- Bolshakova Anastasia
- Bongrand Mathieu
- Bordereau Clément
- Breton Dominique
- Brigatti Augusto
- Brugnera Riccardo
- Bruno Riccardo
- Budano Antonio
- Busto Jose
- Cabrera Anatael
- Caccianiga Barbara
- Cai Hao
- Cai Xiao
- Cai Yanke
- Cai Zhiyan
- Callier Stéphane
- Cammi Antonio
- Campeny Agustin
- Cao Chuanya
- Cao Guofu
- Cao Jun
- Caruso Rossella
- Cerna Cédric
- Cerrone Vanessa
- Chan Chi
- Chang Jinfan
- Chang Yun
- Chen Chao
- Chen Guoming
- Chen Pingping
- Chen Shaomin
- Chen Yixue
- Chen Yu
- Chen Zhiyuan
- Chen Zikang
- Cheng Jie
- Cheng Yaping
- Cheng Yu Chin
- Chepurnov Alexander
- Chetverikov Alexey
- Chiesa Davide
- Chimenti Pietro
- Chu Ziliang
- Chukanov Artem
- Claverie Gérard
- Clementi Catia
- Clerbaux Barbara
- Colomer Molla Marta
- Conforti Di Lorenzo Selma
- Coppi Alberto
- Corti Daniele
- Dal Corso Flavio
- Dalager Olivia
- de la Taille Christophe
- Deng Zhi
- Deng Ziyan
- Depnering Wilfried
- Diaz Marco
- Ding Xuefeng
- Ding Yayun
- Dirgantara Bayu
- Dmitrievsky Sergey
- Dohnal Tadeas
- Dolzhikov Dmitry
- Donchenko Georgy
- Dong Jianmeng
- Doroshkevich Evgeny
- Dou Wei
- Dracos Marcos
- Drapier Olivier
- Druillole Frédéric
- Du Ran
- Du Shuxian
- Dugas Katherine
- Dusini Stefano
- Duyang Hongyue
- Eck Jessica
- Enqvist Timo
- Fabbri Andrea
- Fahrendholz Ulrike
- Fan Lei
- Fang Jian
- Fang Wenxing
- Fargetta Marco
- Fedoseev Dmitry
- Fei Zhengyong
- Felici Giulietto
- Feng Li-Cheng
- Feng Qichun
- Ferraro Federico
- Fournier Amélie
- Gan Haonan
- Gao Feng
- Garfagnini Alberto
- Gavrikov Arsenii
- Gerasimov Vladimir
- Giammarchi Marco
- Giudice Nunzio
- Gonchar Maxim
- Gong Guanghua
- Gong Hui
- Gornushkin Yuri
- Göttel Alexandre
- Grassi Marco
- Gromov Maxim
- Gromov Vasily
- Gu Minghao
- Gu Xiaofei
- Gu Yu
- Guan Mengyun
- Guan Yuduo
- Guardone Nunzio
- Guo Cong
- Guo Wanlei
- Guo Xinheng
- Guo Yuhang
- Gursky Semen
- Hagner Caren
- Han Ran
- Han Yang
- He Miao
- He Wei
- Heinz Tobias
- Hellmuth Patrick
- Heng Yuekun
- Herrera Rafael
- Hor Yuenkeung
- Hou Shaojing
- Hsiung Yee
- Hu Bei-Zhen
- Hu Hang
- Hu Jianrun
- Hu Jun
- Hu Shouyang
- Hu Tao
- Hu Yuxiang
- Hu Zhuojun
- Huang Guihong
- Huang Hanxiong
- Huang Jinhao
- Huang Kaixuan
- Huang Wenhao
- Huang Qinhua
- Huang Xin
- Huang Xingtao
- Huang Yongbo
- Hui Jiaqi
- Huo Lei
- Huo Wenju
- Huss Cédric
- Hussain Safeer
- Ioannisian Ara
- Isocrate Roberto
- Jelmini Beatrice
- Jeria Ignacio
- Ji Xiaolu
- Jia Huihui
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- Jian Siyu
- Jiang Di
- Jiang Wei
- Jiang Xiaoshan
- Jing Xiaoping
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- Kampmann Philipp
- Kang Li
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- Khan Ali
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- Korablev Denis
- Kouzakov Konstantin
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- Kutovskiy Nikolay
- Kuusiniemi Pasi
- Lachenmaier Tobias
- Landini Cecilia
- Leblanc Sébastien
- Lebrin Victor
- Lefevre Frederic
- Lei Ruiting
- Leitner Rupert
- Leung Jason
- Li Demin
- Li Fei
- Li Fule
- Li Gaosong
- Li Huiling
- Li Mengzhao
- Li Min
- Li Nan
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- Li Ruhui
- Li Rui
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- Li Tao
- Li Teng
- Li Weidong
- Li Weiguo
- Li Xiaomei
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- Li Xinglong
- Li Yi
- Li Yichen
- Li Yufeng
- Li Zepeng
- Li Zhaohan
- Li Zhibing
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- Li Zonghai
- Liang Hao
- Liang Hao
- Liao Jiajun
- Limphirat Ayut
- Lin Guey-Lin
- Lin Shengxin
- Lin Tao
- Ling Jiajie
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- Liu Caimei
- Liu Fang
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- Liu Jiaxi
- Liu Jinchang
- Liu Min
- Liu Qian
- Liu Qin
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- Liu Shenghui
- Liu Shubin
- Liu Shulin
- Liu Xiaowei
- Liu Xiwen
- Liu Yankai
- Liu Yunzhe
- Lokhov Alexey
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- Lombardo Claudio
- Loo Kai
- Lu Chuan
- Lu Haoqi
- Lu Jingbin
- Lu Junguang
- Lu Peizhi
- Lu Shuxiang
- Lubsandorzhiev Bayarto
- Lubsandorzhiev Sultim
- Ludhova Livia
- Lukanov Arslan
- Luo Daibin
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- Ma Bangzheng
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- Mai Jingyu
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- Mao Xin
- Mao Yajun
- Mari Stefano M.
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- Mednieks Ints
- Meng Yue
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- Naumov Dmitry V.
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- Ning Feipeng
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- Wang Xiangyue
- Wang Yangfu
- Wang Yaoguang
- Wang Yi
- Wang Yi
- Wang Yifang
- Wang Yuanqing
- Wang Zhe
- Wang Zheng
- Wang Zhimin
- Watcharangkool Apimook
- Wei Wei
- Wei Wei
- Wei Wenlu
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- Wen Kaile
- Wen Liangjian
- Weng Jun
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- Wirth Rosmarie
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- Wu Diru
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- Wurtz Jacques
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- Xi Yufei
- Xia Dongmei
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- Xing Zhizhong
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- Xu Cheng
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- Yan Baojun
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- Yang Jie
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- Yang Xiaoyu
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- Yao Haifeng
- Ye Jiaxuan
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- Ye Ziping
- Yermia Frédéric
- You Zhengyun
- Yu Boxiang
- Yu Chiye
- Yu Chunxu
- Yu Guojun
- Yu Hongzhao
- Yu Miao
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- Yu Zeyuan
- Yu Zezhong
- Yuan Cenxi
- Yuan Chengzhuo
- Yuan Ying
- Yuan Zhenxiong
- Yue Baobiao
- Zafar Noman
- Zavadskyi Vitalii
- Zeng Shan
- Zeng Tingxuan
- Zeng Yuda
- Zhan Liang
- Zhang Aiqiang
- Zhang Bin
- Zhang Binting
- Zhang Feiyang
- Zhang Haosen
- Zhang Honghao
- Zhang Jialiang
- Zhang Jiawen
- Zhang Jie
- Zhang Jin
- Zhang Jingbo
- Zhang Jinnan
- Zhang Mohan
- Zhang Peng
- Zhang Qingmin
- Zhang Shiqi
- Zhang Shu
- Zhang Shuihan
- Zhang Tao
- Zhang Xiaomei
- Zhang Xin
- Zhang Xuantong
- Zhang Yinhong
- Zhang Yiyu
- Zhang Yongpeng
- Zhang Yu
- Zhang Yuanyuan
- Zhang Yumei
- Zhang Zhenyu
- Zhang Zhijian
- Zhao Jie
- Zhao Rong
- Zhao Runze
- Zhao Shujun
- Zheng Dongqin
- Zheng Hua
- Zheng Yangheng
- Zhong Weirong
- Zhou Jing
- Zhou Li
- Zhou Nan
- Zhou Shun
- Zhou Tong
- Zhou Xiang
- Zhu Jingsen
- Zhu Kangfu
- Zhu Kejun
- Zhu Zhihang
- Zhuang Bo
- Zhuang Honglin
- Zong Liang
- Zou Jiaheng
- Zwickel Sebastian
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Elsevier, 2023, 1057, pp.168680. The main task of the Top Tracker detector of the neutrino reactor experiment Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) is to reconstruct and extrapolate atmospheric muon tracks down to the central detector. This muon tracker will help to evaluate the contribution of the cosmogenic background to the signal. The Top Tracker is located above JUNO's water Cherenkov Detector and Central Detector, covering about 60% of the surface above them. The JUNO Top Tracker is constituted by the decommissioned OPERA experiment Target Tracker modules. The technology used consists in walls of two planes of plastic scintillator strips, one per transverse direction. Wavelength shifting fibres collect the light signal emitted by the scintillator strips and guide it to both ends where it is read by multianode photomultiplier tubes. Compared to the OPERA Target Tracker, the JUNO Top Tracker uses new electronics able to cope with the high rate produced by the high rock radioactivity compared to the one in Gran Sasso underground laboratory. This paper will present the new electronics and mechanical structure developed for the Top Tracker of JUNO along with its expected performance based on the current detector simulation. (10.1016/j.nima.2023.168680)
DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168680
Développement et caractérisation de l’ASIC de lecture du calorimètre à haute granularité de l'expérience CMS pour le HL-LHC.
- Extier Sébastien
, 2023. Le travail réalisé lors de cette thèse s’inscrit dans la dernière mise à jour des calorimètres bouchons de l’expérience du Solénoïde Compact à Muon (CMS) du Grand Collisionneur de Hadrons (LHC) devenant ainsi le LHC à Haute Luminosité (HL-LHC). Ce détecteur est le premier calorimètre imageur 5D en physique des particules avec plus de 6 millions de canaux de lecture, opérant dans un environnement hadronique intense avec plus de 8 milliards de collision par seconde. Ces contraintes imposées par l’environnement, la complexité de sa géométrie et les performances physiques recherchées force le développement d’un ASIC de lecture ce calorimètre ultra-granulaire (HGCal) à l’état de l’art. Cette thèse aborde donc l’impact d’un environnement fortement radiatif d’un collisionneur p-p sur la technologie CMOS 130nm ainsi que les méthodes de durcissement aux effets de dose cumulé (TID) et d’évènements singulier (SEE). Le dernier volet traitera l’analyse des données récoltées lors des campagnes d’irradiations en ions lourd, rayons-X et enfin en protons afin de valider la méthodologie de durcissement utilisées.
HKROC: a modern integrated front-end ASIC to readout photomultiplier tubes for Cherenkov-based experiments
- Rogly R
- Beauchêne A
- Bolognesi S
- Bouyjou F
- Carabadjac D
- Conforti Di Lorenzo S.
- Dulucq F
- Firlej M
- Fiutowski T
- Gastaldi F
- Guilloux F
- Idzik M
- de La Taille C
- Moron J
- Nanni J
- Quilain B
- Swientek K
- Thienpont D
, 2025, TIPP2023, pp.117. HKROC, standing for Hyper-Kamiokande Read-Out Chip, is a versatile, auto-triggered and high-performance Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) originally designed for the forthcoming multi-purpose Hyper-Kamiokande (HK) Cherenkov-based experiment, that will be operated by $\sim$20 thousand cutting-edge photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs). In order to cope with the broad physics program of such large-scale experiment, HKROC features an auto-triggered, multi-channel front-end ASIC for the readout of PMT signals, with low power consumption, low dead time, high dynamic range and high accuracy in terms of charge and time reconstruction, making it adaptable to other large Cherenkov-based experiments. We present below the overall design and performance of the second HKROC prototype received in December 2022. (10.22323/1.468.0117)
DOI : 10.22323/1.468.0117
Design, construction and commissioning of a technological prototype of a highly granular SiPM-on-tile scintillator-steel hadronic calorimeter
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Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2023, 18 (11), pp.P11018. The CALICE collaboration is developing highly granularelectromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters for detectors at futureenergy frontier electron-positron colliders. After successful testsof a physics prototype, a technological prototype of the AnalogHadron Calorimeter has been built, based on a design andconstruction techniques scalable to a collider detector. Theprototype consists of a steel absorber structure and active layersof small scintillator tiles that are individually read out bydirectly coupled SiPMs. Each layer has an active area of72 × 72 cm^2 and a tile size of3 × 3 cm^2. With 38 active layers, the prototypehas nearly 22,000 readout channels, and its total thicknessamounts to 4.4 nuclear interaction lengths. The dedicated readoutelectronics provide time stamping of each hit with an expectedresolution of about 1 ns. The prototype was constructed in2017 and commissioned in beam tests at DESY. It recorded muons,hadron showers and electron showers at different energies in testbeams at CERN in 2018. In this paper, the design of the prototype,its construction and commissioning are described. The methods usedto calibrate the detector are detailed, and the performance achievedin terms of uniformity and stability is presented. (10.1088/1748-0221/18/11/P11018)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/11/P11018
Destructive breakdown studies of irradiated LGADs at beam tests for the ATLAS HGTD
- Beresford L.A
- Boumediene D.E
- Castillo García L
- Corpe L.D
- da Cunha Sargedas de Sousa M.J
- Jarrari H. El
- Eshkevarvakili A
- Grieco C
- Grinstein S
- Guindon S
- Howard A
- Kramberger G
- Kurdysh O
- Mazzini R
- Missio M
- Morenas M
- Perrin O
- Raskina V
- Saito G
- Trincaz-Duvoid S
Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2023, 18 (07), pp.P07030. In the past years, it has been observed at several beam test campaigns that irradiated LGAD sensors break with a typical star shaped burn mark when operated at voltages much lower than those at which they were safely operated during laboratory tests. The study presented in this paper was designed to determine the safe operating voltage that these sensors can withstand. Many irradiated sensors from various producers were tested in two test beam facilities, DESY (Hamburg) and CERN-SPS (Geneva), as part of ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) beam tests. The samples were placed in the beam and kept under bias over a long period of time in order to reach a high number of particles crossing each sensor. Both beam tests lead to a similar conclusion, that these destructive events begin to occur when the average electric field in the sensor becomes larger than 12 Volts per micrometre. (10.1088/1748-0221/18/07/P07030)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/07/P07030
Performance of a front-end prototype ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector
- Agapopoulou C
- Beresford L.A
- Boumediene D.E
- Castillo García L
- Conforti S
- de la Taille C
- Corpe L.D
- de Sousa M.J. da Cunha Sargedas
- Dinaucourt P
- Falou A
- Gautam V
- Gong D
- Grieco C
- Grinstein S
- Guindon S
- Howard A
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- Kuwertz E
- Li C
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- Markovic B
- Martin-Chassal G
- Mazzini R
- Milke C
- Morenas M
- Perrin O
- Raskina V
- Rizzi C
- Ruckman L
- Rummler A
- Sacerdoti S
- Saito G
- Seguin-Moreau N
- Serin L
- Yang X
- Ye J
- Zhou W
Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2023, 18 (08), pp.P08019. This paper presents the design and characterisation of a front-end prototype ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector, which is planned for the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC. This prototype, called ALTIROC1, consists of a 5$\times$5-pad matrix and contains the analog part of the single-channel readout (preamplifier, discriminator, two TDCs and SRAM). Two preamplifier architectures (transimpedance and voltage) were implemented and tested. The ASIC was characterised both alone and as a module when connected to a 5$\times$5-pad array of LGAD sensors. In calibration measurements, the ASIC operating alone was found to satisfy the technical requirements for the project, with similar performances for both preamplifier types. In particular, the jitter was found to be 15$\pm$1~ps (35$\pm$1~ps) for an injected charge of 10~fC (4~fC). A degradation in performance was observed when the ASIC was connected to the LGAD array. This is attributed to digital couplings at the entrance of the preamplifiers. When the ASIC is connected to the LGAD array, the lowest detectable charge increased from 1.5~fC to 3.4~fC. As a consequence, the jitter increased for an injected charge of 4~fC. Despite this increase, ALTIROC1 still satisfies the maximum jitter specification (below 65~ps) for the HGTD project. This coupling issue also affects the time over threshold measurements and the time-walk correction can only be performed with transimpedance preamplifiers. Beam test measurements with a pion beam at CERN were also undertaken to evaluate the performance of the module. The best time resolution obtained using only ALTIROC TDC data was 46.3$\pm$0.7~ps for a restricted time of arrival range where the coupling issue is minimized. The residual time-walk contribution is equal to 23~ps and is the dominant electronic noise contribution to the time resolution at 15~fC. (10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08019)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08019
Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20$-$300 GeV/c
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- Yusuff I
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JINST, 2023, 18 (08), pp.P08014. The upgrade of the CMS experiment for the high luminosity operation of the LHC comprises the replacement of the current endcap calorimeter by a high granularity sampling calorimeter (HGCAL). The electromagnetic section of the HGCAL is based on silicon sensors interspersed between lead and copper (or copper tungsten) absorbers. The hadronic section uses layers of stainless steel as an absorbing medium and silicon sensors as an active medium in the regions of high radiation exposure, and scintillator tiles directly readout by silicon photomultipliers in the remaining regions. As part of the development of the detector and its readout electronic components, a section of a silicon-based HGCAL prototype detector along with a section of the CALICE AHCAL prototype was exposed to muons, electrons and charged pions in beam test experiments at the H2 beamline at the CERN SPS in October 2018. The AHCAL uses the same technology as foreseen for the HGCAL but with much finer longitudinal segmentation. The performance of the calorimeters in terms of energy response and resolution, longitudinal and transverse shower profiles is studied using negatively charged pions, and is compared to GEANT4 predictions. This is the first report summarizing results of hadronic showers measured by the HGCAL prototype using beam test data. (10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08014)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08014
Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector
- Casolino M.
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- Battisti M.
- Blaksley C.
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- Blin S.
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- Churilo I.
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- Ebisuzaki T.
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- Kuznetsov V.
- Manfrin M.
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- Mascetti G.
- Marszał W.
- Miyamoto H.
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- Ohmori H.
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- Parizot E.
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- Piotrowski L.W.
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- Prévôt G.
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- Romoli G.
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- Sakaki N.
- Shinozaki K.
- Szabelski J.
- Takizawa Y.
- Valentini G.
- Vrabel M.
- Wiencke L.
Remote Sensing of Environment, Elsevier, 2023, 284, pp.113336. Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. The instrument employs a Fresnel-lens optical system and a focal surface composed of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, 64 channels each, for a total of 2304 channels with single photon counting sensitivity. Mini-EUSO also contains two ancillary cameras to complement measurements in the near infrared and visible ranges. The scientific objectives of the mission range from the search for extensive air showers generated by Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) with energies above 10$^{21}$ eV, the search for nuclearites and Strange Quark Matter (SQM), up to the study of atmospheric phenomena such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors and meteoroids. Mini-EUSO can map the night-time Earth in the near UV range (between 290-430 nm) with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km (full field of view of 44{\deg}) and a maximum temporal resolution of 2.5 $\mu$s, observing our planet through a nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module. The detector saves triggered transient phenomena with a sampling rate of 2.5 $\mu$s and 320 $\mu$s, as well as continuous acquisition at 40.96 ms scale. In this paper we discuss the detector response and the flat-fielding and calibration procedures. Using the 40.96 ms data, we present $\simeq$6.3 km resolution night-time Earth maps in the UV band, and report on various emissions of anthropogenic and natural origin. We measure ionospheric airglow emissions of dark moonless nights over the sea and ground, studying the effect of clouds, moonlight, and artificial (towns, boats) lights. In addition to paving the way forward for the study of long-term variations of natural and artificial light, we also estimate the observation live-time of future UHECR detectors. (10.1016/j.rse.2022.113336)
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113336
Neural Network Based Approach to Recognition of Meteor Tracks in the Mini-EUSO Telescope Data
- Zotov By Mikhail
- Anzhiganov Dmitry
- Kryazhenkov Aleksandr
- Barghini Dario
- Battisti Matteo
- Belov Alexander
- Bertaina Mario
- Bianciotto Marta
- Bisconti Francesca
- Blaksley Carl
- Blin Sylvie
- Cambiè Giorgio
- Capel Francesca
- Casolino Marco
- Ebisuzaki Toshikazu
- Eser Johannes
- Fenu Francesco
- Franceschi Massimo Alberto
- Golzio Alessio
- Gorodetzky Philippe
- Kajino Fumiyoshi
- Kasuga Hiroshi
- Klimov Pavel
- Manfrin Massimiliano
- Marcelli Laura
- Miyamoto Hiroko
- Murashov Alexey
- Napolitano Tommaso
- Ohmori Hiroshi
- Olinto Angela
- Parizot Etienne
- Picozza Piergiorgio
- Piotrowski Lech Wiktor
- Plebaniak Zbigniew
- Prévôt Guillaume
- Reali Enzo
- Ricci Marco
- Romoli Giulia
- Sakaki Naoto
- Shinozaki Kenji
- de la Taille Christophe
- Takizawa Yoshiyuki
- Vrábel Michal
- Wiencke Andlawrence
Algorithms, MDPI, 2023, 16 (9), pp.448. <jats:p>Mini-EUSO is a wide-angle fluorescence telescope that registers ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the nocturnal atmosphere of Earth from the International Space Station. Meteors are among multiple phenomena that manifest themselves not only in the visible range but also in the UV. We present two simple artificial neural networks that allow for recognizing meteor signals in the Mini-EUSO data with high accuracy in terms of a binary classification problem. We expect that similar architectures can be effectively used for signal recognition in other fluorescence telescopes, regardless of the nature of the signal. Due to their simplicity, the networks can be implemented in onboard electronics of future orbital or balloon experiments.</jats:p> (10.3390/a16090448)
DOI : 10.3390/a16090448
Dataset of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range (290-430 nm), with 6.3 km resolution in the latitude range -51.6<L<+51.6 degrees, acquired on board the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector
- Marcelli L
- Bolmgren K
- Barghini D
- Battisti M
- Blaksley C
- Blin S
- Belov A
- Bertaina M
- Bianciotto M
- Bisconti F
- Cambiè G
- Capel F
- Casolino M
- Churilo I
- Crisconio M
- de la Taille C
- Ebisuzaki T
- Eser J
- Fenu F
- Franceschi M.A
- Fuglesang C
- Golzio A
- Gorodetzky P
- Kasuga H
- Kajino F
- Klimov P
- Kuznetsov V
- Manfrin M
- Mascetti G
- Marszal W
- Miyamoto H
- Murashov A
- Napolitano T
- Ohmori H
- Olinto A
- Parizot E
- Picozza P
- Piotrowski L.W
- Plebaniak Z
- Prevot G
- Reali E
- Romoli G
- Ricci M
- Sakaki N
- Shinozaki K
- Szabelski J
- Takizawa Y
- Vagelli V
- Valentini G
- Vrabel M
- Wiencke L
Data in Brief, 2023, 48, pp.109105. The data have been acquired with the Mini-EUSO detector, an UV telescope operating in the range 290-430 nm and located inside the International Space Station. The detector was launched in August 2019, and it has started operations from the nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module in October 2019. The data presented here refer to 32 sessions acquired between 2019-11-19 and 2021-05-06. The instrument consists of a Fresnel-lens optical system and a focal surface composed of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, each with 64 channels, for a total of 2304 channels with single photon counting sensitivity. The telescope, with a square field-of-view of 44 degrees, has a spatial resolution on the Earth surface of 6.3 km and saves triggered transient phenomena with a temporal resolution of 2.5 mu s and 320 mu s. The telescope also operates in continuous acquisition at a 40.96 ms scale. In this article, large-area night-time UV maps obtained processing the 40.96 ms data, taking averages over regions of some specific geographical areas (e.g., Europe, North America) and over the entire globe, are presented. Data are binned into 0.1 degrees x 0.1 degrees or 0.05 degrees x 0.05 degrees cells (depending on the scale of the map) over the Earth's surface. Raw data are made available in the form of tables (latitude, longitude, counts) and.kmz files (containing the.png images). These are - to the best of our knowledge - the highest sensitivity data in this wavelength range and can be of use to various disciplines. (10.1016/j.dib.2023.109105)
DOI : 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109105
Study experimental time resolution limits of recent ASICs at Weeroc with different SiPMs and scintillators
- Saleem Tasneem
- Ahmad Salleh
- Cizel Jean-Baptiste
- de la Taille Christophe
- Morenas Maxime
- Nadig Vanessa
- Perez Florent
- Schulz Volkmar
- Gundacker Stefan
- Fleury Julien
Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2023, 18 (10), pp.P10005. Medical applications, such as positron emission tomography (PET), and space application, such as Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), are in need for highly specialized ASICs. Weeroc, in collaboration with different partners, is highly involved in developing a new generation of front-end ASICs. In the context of a joined LIDAR project among Weeroc, CNES, and Airbus, Weeroc is working on the development of Liroc, an ASIC for space LIDAR application. Weeroc is also working on advancing ASICs for medical applications, hence, another ASIC, Radioroc, is under development and intended to be used for PET applications. This study experimentally evaluates the time resolution limits of these ASICs in different configurations, with some of the most recent silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) technologies available on the market coupled with different scintillation crystals. The best single-photon time resolution (SPTR) was achieved using FBK NUV-HD SiPMs with an FWHM of 79 ps with Liroc and 73 ps with Radioroc. Furthermore, the best coincidence time resolution (CTR) of Radioroc was determined to 83 ps (FWHM) with Broadcom Near UltraViolet - Metal Trench (NUV-MT) SiPMs coupled to TAC LYSO:Ce,Ca (2x2x3 mm3). (10.1088/1748-0221/18/10/P10005)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/10/P10005
The EUSO@TurLab project in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program
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- Battisti M.
- Belov A.
- Bertaina M.
- Bisconti F.
- Blin-Bondil S.
- Bonino R.
- Capel F.
- Caruso R.
- Casolino M.
- Contino G.
- Cotto G.
- Dagoret-Campagne S.
- Fenu F.
- Fornaro C.
- Forza R.
- Gorodetzky P.
- Guardone N.
- Jung A.
- Klimov P.
- Manfrin M.
- Marcelli L.
- Mignone M.
- Miyamoto H.
- Mulas R.
- Onorato M.
- Parizot E.
- Piotrowski L.
- Plebaniak Z.
- Prevot G.
- Szabelski J.
- Suino G.
- Takizawa Y.
- Tibaldi P.
- Vigorito C.
- Youssef A.
Experimental Astronomy, Springer Link, 2023, 55 (2), pp.569-602. Abstract The EUSO@TurLab project aims at performing experiments to reproduce Earth UV emissions as seen from a low Earth orbit by the planned missions of the JEM-EUSO program. It makes use of the TurLab facility, which is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located at the Physics Department of the University of Turin. All the experiments are designed and performed based on simulations of the expected response of the detectors to be flown in space. In April 2016 the TUS detector and more recently in October 2019 the Mini-EUSO experiment, both part of the JEM-EUSO program, have been placed in orbit to map the UV Earth emissions. It is, therefore, now possible to compare the replicas performed at TurLab with the actual images detected in space to understand the level of fidelity in terms of reproduction of the expected signals. We show that the laboratory tests reproduce at the order of magnitude level the measurements from space in terms of spatial extension and time duration of the emitted UV light, as well as the intensity in terms of expected counts per pixel per unit time when atmospheric transient events, diffuse nightlow background light, and artificial light sources are considered. Therefore, TurLab is found to be a very useful facility for testing the acquisition logic of the detectors of the present and future missions of the JEM-EUSO program and beyond in order to reproduce atmospheric signals in the laboratory. (10.1007/s10686-022-09871-8)
DOI : 10.1007/s10686-022-09871-8
Neutron irradiation and electrical characterisation of the first 8” silicon pad sensor prototypes for the CMS calorimeter endcap upgrade
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- Yusuff I
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JINST, 2023, 18 (08), pp.P08024. As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS collaboration is replacing its existing endcap calorimeters with a high-granularity calorimeter (CE). The new calorimeter is a sampling calorimeter with unprecedented transverse and longitudinal readout for both electromagnetic and hadronic compartments. Due to its compactness, intrinsic time resolution, and radiation hardness, silicon has been chosen as active material for the regions exposed to higher radiation levels. The silicon sensors are fabricated as 20 cm (8”) wide hexagonal wafers and are segmented into several hundred pads which are read out individually. As part of the sensor qualification strategy, 8” sensor irradiation with neutrons has been conducted at the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center (RINSC) and followed by their electrical characterisation in 2020-21. The completion of this important milestone in the CE's R&D program is documented in this paper and it provides detailed account of the associated infrastructure and procedures.The results on the electrical properties of the irradiated CE silicon sensors are presented. (10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08024)
DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/18/08/P08024
Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework
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- Thomas S.B
- Tkachev L.G
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European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2023, 83 (11), pp.1028. JEM-EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the data analysis phase. All instruments are based on a wide-field-of-view telescope, which operates in the near-UV range, designed to detect the fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers in the atmosphere. We describe the simulation software ESAF in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program and explain the physical assumptions used. We present here the implementation of the JEM-EUSO, POEMMA, K-EUSO, TUS, Mini-EUSO, EUSO-SPB1 and EUSO-TA configurations in ESAF. For the first time ESAF simulation outputs are compared with experimental data. (10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12090-w)
DOI : 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12090-w
A Three-Step Low-Power Multichannel TDC Based on Time Residual Amplifier
- Bouyjou Florent
- Delagnes Eric
- Couderc Fabrice
- Thienpont Damien
- Gonzalez-Martinez José David
- Dulucq Frederic
- Guilloux Fabrice
- Mandjavidze Irakli
IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci., 2023, 70 (12), pp.2638-2650. This article proposes and evaluates an architecture for a low-power time-to-digital converter (TDC) with high resolution, optimized for high-rate operation (40 MSa/channel), and integration with analog front end in multichannel readout chips in 130-nm CMOS technology. The converter is based on a three-step architecture. The first step uses a counter and the following ones are based on two types of delay-line (DL) structures. A programmable time amplifier (TA) is used between the second and third steps to reach a final resolution of 24.4 ps in the standard mode of operation. In addition, this architecture uses common continuously stabilized reference blocks that control the channels against the effects of global process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) variations. We also propose a per-channel DL gain correction based on a trimmable block to correct the mismatch effect. The area of the TDC channel is only 0.051 mm2. For a 40-MSa/channel rate, the TDC average power consumption measured per channel is 2.2 mW for a 100% hit occupancy and decreases to 311 $\mu \text{W}$ for the 10% occupancy specified for our main application. The demonstrated compactness and low power consumption fully match our requirements for integration into multichannel front-end chips. The experimental results demonstrate good timing performance over a broad range of operating temperatures (-35 degrees C and 65 degrees C), which conforms to our expectations. For example, the measured timing integral nonlinearity (INL) is better than +/- 1 LSB (+/- 25 ps), and the overall timing precision is better than 21-ps rms. (10.1109/TNS.2023.3335657)
DOI : 10.1109/TNS.2023.3335657
Integration, qualification, and launch of the Mini-EUSO telescope on board the ISS
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- Barghini D
- Battisti M
- Blaksley C
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- Belov A
- Bertaina M
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- Bolmgren K
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- Wiencke L
Rend.Lincei Sci.Fis.Nat., 2023, 34, pp.23-35. Mini-EUSO is a high-sensitivity imaging telescope that observes the Earth from the ISS in the near ultraviolet band (290÷ 430 nm), through the nadir-facing, UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module. The instrument, launched in 2019, has a field of view of 44∘, a spatial resolution on the Earth’s surface of 6.3 km and a temporal sampling rate of 2.5 microseconds. Thanks to its triggering and on-board processing, the telescope is capable of detecting UV emissions of cosmic, atmospheric, and terrestrial origin on different time scales, from a few microseconds up to tens of milliseconds. The optics is composed of two Fresnel lenses focusing light onto an array of 36 Hamamatsu Multi-Anode PhotoMultiplier Tubes, for a total of 2304 pixels. The telescope also contains two cameras in the near-infrared and visible, an 8-by-8 array of Silicon-PhotoMultipliers and a series of UV sensors to manage night-day transitions. The scientific objectives range from the observation of atmospheric phenomena [lightning, Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), ELVES], the study of meteoroids, the search of interstellar meteoroids and strange quark matter, mapping of the Earth’s nocturnal emissions in the ultraviolet range, and the search of cosmic rays with energy above 1021 eV. The instrument has been integrated and qualified in 2019, with the final tests in Baikonur prior to its launch. Operations involve periodic installation in the Zvezda module of the station with observations during the crew night time, with periodic downlink of data samples, with the full data being sent to the ground via pouches containing the data disks. Mission planning involves the selection of the optimal orbits to maximize the scientific return of the instrument. In this work, we will describe the various phases of construction, testing, and qualification prior to the launch and the in-flight operations of the instrument on board the ISS. (10.1007/s12210-023-01142-8)
DOI : 10.1007/s12210-023-01142-8

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