Technical Design Report Super Fragment Separator
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Technical Design Report Super Fragment Separator
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Time of Flight measurement<br />
DRAFT<br />
At present plastic scintillator detectors are being used in the FRS to perform the TOF measurement,<br />
leading to a restriction in rate of a few MHz on the detector. In the dispersive plane of the FRS this<br />
problem can partly be overcome by using a segmented scintillator strip detector. For the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS,<br />
we will investigate also the possible use of diamond detectors, providing both position<br />
information and timing signals at the MF(2, 4, 7, 10) focal planes with an active area of (40 x 5)<br />
cm² using a pitch of 1 mm. For the foreseen rates these detectors would be optimal with respect to<br />
rate capability and radiation hardness. Using various heavy projectiles the intrinsic time resolution<br />
of PC-CVD-DDs has been measured frequently to be well below 50 ps. Recently, the FOPI collaboration<br />
achieved a σintr = 22 ps with 181 Ta ions of 1 GeV/u (Figure 2.4.87). A similar value (σintr<br />
= 29 ps) has been measured in the HADES setup using 52 Cr ions of 650 MeV/u.<br />
Figure 2.4.87: Intrinsic time resolution of PC-CVD-DDs demonstrated using 181 Ta ions at 1 GeV/u.<br />
(PRELIMINARY data, measured by the FOPI Collaboration). Time spectrum measured with two PC DG<br />
diamond detectors of a thickness of 500 µm mounted perpendicular to the primary beam (left), compared to<br />
the time spectrum measured with one diamond against the time given by the currently used FOPI start<br />
detector (plastic scintillator detector, right).<br />
At PF4 (see section 2.4.6.3) a (4 x 4) cm² PC/SC-CVD-DD can be used also as time-of-flight<br />
detector whenever suitable. The time resolution of SC-CVD-DDs is expected to be at least as good<br />
as for PC material. The electronics used in the FOPI run consisted of a 16 channel front end board<br />
with preamplifiers designed for RPC readout, and a version for scintillator detectors also exists.<br />
These boards can be coupled to the GSI Tacquila front end readout system [39], that provides<br />
excellent time resolution at a moderate channel costs. Apart from TAC based systems, the GSI<br />
ASIC group is developing DLL based solutions [40] for fast timing measurements that provide the<br />
envisaged resolutions with the advantage of being inherently free from the need of an external<br />
calibration.<br />
2.4.6.6 Data acquisition<br />
The main task of the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS data acquisition (DAQ) is to provide on-line data about the production<br />
and separation process in the separator. It is clear from the beginning, that there are rate<br />
limitations, that will set the limit between event-by-event and integrated data. For different experiments<br />
in the experimental branches different classes of information are required.<br />
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