Electron-Muon Ranger (EMR) Status of EMR Project R.Asfandiyarov 1, P.Béné 1, R.Bloch 1, A.Blondel 1, D.Bolognini 3 F.Cadoux 1, S.Débieux 1, J-S.Graulich 1, C.Husi 1, D.Lietti 3, F.Masciocchi 1, L.Nicola 1, M.Prest 3, K.Rothenfusser 1, E.Vallazza 2, V.Verguilov 1 1 DPNC, Université de Genève, Switzerland 2 INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Italy 3 Università degli Studi dell Insubria and INFN, Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Italy MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 1 / 20
EMR Design: Reminder Horizontal View EMR Design: Reminder Production Status Remaining Issues And Production Plans Characteristics 24 modules (X-Y planes) 48 planes 59 bars per plane 2832 bars 3m WLS fibers per bar 8.5 km WLS fibers single and 64-channel PMTs per plane 3072 + 48 channels R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 2 / 20
EMR Installation at RAL Most Recent CAD Model EMR Design: Reminder Production Status Remaining Issues And Production Plans R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 3 / 20
Current Production Status EMR Design: Reminder Production Status Remaining Issues And Production Plans 1021 bars glued with fibers, 18 planes assembled 2 modules equipped with fiber boxes and PMT connectors and installed on the test bench (see ) in order to speed up gluing of WLS fibers into bars a special device is being employed R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 4 / 20
Outer Box Assembly and Production EMR Design: Reminder Production Status Remaining Issues And Production Plans The Outer box will house the EMR planes and patch panels and will be used for transportation the bottom frame was manufactured and will be used to store completed modules R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 5 / 20
EMR Design: Reminder Production Status Remaining Issues And Production Plans Remaining Issues Patch panels on the outer box and cabling Polishing of PMT connectors is slow (done manually) Polishing machine will be used 1-2 bars are usually replaced during assembly due to broken fibers (we keep scintillator bars for future use) Production Plans All technicians will be available starting from February 1 module (2 planes) can be completed in about a week (if 118 bars were glued with fibers and assembled earlier) To complete all the modules at least six more months are needed, if everything goes as expected and all parts are available (see EMR Schedule). R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 6 / 20
New Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) Communication of DBB with VME Board New Electronic Boards for 64-channel PMT A new Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) were developed in order to read 64-channel PMT and store data during the MICE spill and subsequently transfer it to a dedicated VME board. R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 7 / 20
Digitizer-Buffer-Board New Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) Communication of DBB with VME Board The DBB samples the 64 channels coming from FEB and transmits the event data upon request of the acquisition system. FPGA performs the sampling, data buffering, and data-flow control functions of the board. Internal memory of the FPGA is used to store data which is a collection of rising/falling edge timestamps which occurred on each channel during a spill. Six DBB are daisy-chained together with upstream and downstream links. The first DBB in each group is directly connected to the acquisition system. R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 8 / 20
Mechanical Model of DBB and FEB New Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) Communication of DBB with VME Board A full mechanical model of DBB and FEB was produced in order to test the assembly and accessibility of different connectors when installed. R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 9 / 20
Communication of DBB with VME Board New Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) Communication of DBB with VME Board 1 PC receives trigger and sends command to 8 VME controllers simultaneously 2 the VME controllers send command to six DBB asking to send data in sequential order 3 PC waits until all VME controllers finish receiving data from DBB and then reads the data from VME boards in sequential order R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 10 / 20
EMR Data Format Preliminary Assembly and Production New Front-End-Board (FEB) and Digitizer-Buffer-Board (DBB) Communication of DBB with VME Board Data format Format of control commands R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 11 / 20
Block Diagram of the Test Setup Description LED Pulser EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs the test setup is used to setup DAQ system and test modules before transportation to RAL 2 modules are installed inside light tight box lower module is kept as a reference, upper one is exchanged analog signal from 64-ch. PMT is read from all boards, digital - only from the upper two R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 12 / 20
Assembly and Production Description LED Pulser EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs all set up to perform tests with cosmics 2 CPUs, VME (read-out boards) and NIM (coincidence unit) crates LeCroy-1440 high voltage power supply for single- and 64-ch. PMTs scintillator triggers and silicon micro-strip detectors for track reconstruction and efficiency measurements (silicon detector is being repaired) LED pulser system for PMTs R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 13 / 20
LED Pulser System for PMTs Description LED Pulser EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs the LED Pulser system (provided by P.Hanlet, D0 experiment, Fermilab, US) is used to monitor the performance of PMTs short pulses are feed into LED driver attached to light diffusers light is distributed through clear fibers directly to all PMTs PIN-diode is used in order to monitor light intensity (not operational yet) similar system but with 98 fibers will be used in the final setup R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 14 / 20
EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs Description LED Pulser EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs EMR mini-layer: short EMR scintillator bars with fibers fed into two 1-ch. PMTs purpose: to test 1-ch. PMTs and study their performance two scintillators in coincidence are used for the trigger signals from PMTs are analyzed by flash ADC (C.A.E.N. v1731) MIPs are used for calibration R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 15 / 20
Cosmics Spectrum at 1800 V Description LED Pulser EMR mini-layer to test 1-ch. PMTs R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 16 / 20
Monte Carlo Emulation EMR Simulation with Muon Beam Preliminary 250 MeV muon beam shot 2 m before the EMR green tracks - gammas, blue - muons, red - electrons R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 17 / 20
Summary Outlook Summary EMR Schedule June 2011 Production will resume in February Some mechanical issues needs to be addressed (patch panels, cabling etc.) Design of final electronic boards for 64-ch. PMT is finalized; routing and production is about to start Firmware for the new VME board must be written and communication protocol must be defined 4 new FEB (without buffer board) for cosmic tests will be equipped with MAROC-3 chips R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 18 / 20
Outlook Summary EMR Schedule June 2011 May 2011 First 6 DBB+FEB and 1 VME board should be ready. June 2011 3 fully equipped modules delivered to RAL for test run. After tests these will be shipped back to Geneva for further developments and final construction. November 2011 24 modules (48 planes) should be completed and tested. All DBB+FEB and VME boards should be produced and tested. EMR assembled in Geneva. December 2011 Full EMR installed in RAL - physics run. R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 19 / 20
June 2011 Test run with 3 EMR modules at RAL Outlook Summary EMR Schedule June 2011 If EMR outer box is ready by April, we can send the 3 modules between April 18 and May 1 (ISIS break): Can we do that? Is there space to store the box? will be shipped separately. If EMR outer box is not ready by April, then we will send the 3 modules by June 13 and we will have two weeks to install it before the beam. R.Asfandiyarov (U.Genève), Status of EMR Project MICE Video Conference, January 20, 2011 20 / 20