FlashCam: a novel Cherenkov telescope camera with continuous signal digitization

Autor: Gadola, Arno, Bauer, C., Eisenkolb, F., Florin, D., Föhr, C., Garrecht, F., Hermann, G., Jung, I., Kalekin, O., Kalkuhl, C., Kasperek, J., Kihm, T., Koziol, J., Lahmann, R., Manalaysay, A., Pühlhofer, G., Rajda, P., Reimer, O., Romaszkan, W., Rupinski, M., Schanz, T., Schwab, T., Steiner, S., Straumann, U., Tenzer, C., Vollhardt, A., Weitzel, Q., Winiarski, K., Zietara, K.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Popis: Part of Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation ground-based observatory for cosmic gamma rays. The FlashCam camera for its mid-size telescope introduces a new concept, with a modest sampling rate of 250 MS/s, that enables a continuous digitization as well as event buffering and trigger processing using the same front-end FPGAs. The high performance Ethernet-based readout provides a dead-time free operation for event rates up to 30 kHz corresponding to a data rate of 2.0 GByte/s sent to the camera server. We present the camera design and the current status of the project.
Databáze: OpenAIRE