Performance of the electronics for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

E. W. Beier; D. F. Cowen; P. T. Keener; J. R. Klein; F. M. Newcomer; D. S. McDonald; M. Neubauer; R. Van Berg; R. G. Van de Water; P. Wittich

Performance of the electronics for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

E. W. Beier, D. F. Cowen, P. T. Keener, J. R. Klein, F. M. Newcomer, D. S. McDonald, M. Neubauer, R. Van Berg, R. G. Van de Water, P. Wittich

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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is a second generation solar neutrino water Cherenkov detector using 1,000 Tonnes of D₂O viewed by almost 10,000 20cm Photomultiplier tubes. The observatory, located 6,800 inches below ground in INCO Ltd's Creighton mine near Sudbury Ontario, recently began full time operation. The SNO electronics provides deadtimeless sub-ns time and 0.1 - 1000 photoelectrons (pe) of charge measurement. While the solar neutrino event rate is low, the electronics must handle backgrounds in excess of 1 kHz and bursts in excess of 1 MHz. The integrated trigger system handles multiple independent triggers via 10,000:1 analog sums. The electronics use three full custom integrated circuits plus standard commercial chips. There are 14 different printed circuit boards mounted in custom crates and racks. The DAQ interface is VME compatible.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	872-875
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	0780350227
State	Published - 1999
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Toronto, Que, Can Duration: Nov 8 1998 → Nov 14 1998

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Name	IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
Volume	2

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Other	Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
City	Toronto, Que, Can
Period	11/8/98 → 11/14/98

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Beier, E. W., Cowen, D. F., Keener, P. T., Klein, J. R., Newcomer, F. M., McDonald, D. S., Neubauer, M., Van Berg, R., Van de Water, R. G., & Wittich, P. (1999). Performance of the electronics for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. In IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (pp. 872-875). (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference; Vol. 2). IEEE.

Beier, EW, Cowen, DF, Keener, PT, Klein, JR, Newcomer, FM, McDonald, DS, Neubauer, M, Van Berg, R, Van de Water, RG & Wittich, P 1999, Performance of the electronics for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. in IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, vol. 2, IEEE, pp. 872-875, Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Toronto, Que, Can, 11/8/98.

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