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Characteristics and Performances of the electronics for the fluorescence detectors of the Telescope Array experiment
Speakers
- Dr. Hisao TOKUNO
Primary authors
- Dr. Hisao TOKUNO (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo)
Co-authors
- Akimichi TAKETA (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
- Takeshi MATSUDA (Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, KEK)
- Yuichiro TAMEDA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Manobu TANAKA (Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, KEK)
- Jeremy SMITH (University of Utah)
- Stan THOMAS (University of Utah)
- Shoichi OGIO (Osaka City University)
- Kenichi KADOTA (Musashi Institute of Technology)
- Masaki FUKUSHIMA (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
- Masahiro TAKEDA (ICRR, University of Tokyo)
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Abstract content
The three stations of the Telescope Array fluorescence detectors (FDs) contain 12 telescopes each, and each of the telescopes has a 256 pixel PMT camera with a field of view of 18 degree x 16 degrees. The fluorescence signals of each pixel are digitized with their waveforms by the Signal Digitizer/Finder modules (SDFs). The signal alerts from the SDFs are send to the Track Finder modules (TF) to generate first trigger signals for air shower events. When a shower track image is found in one camera, the Central Trigger Distributor (CTD) module sends the final trigger signal to all the telescopes to store their data. Here we will describe the characteristic features and performances of the electronics, which are developed and measured through laboratory tests and actual fluorescence light measurements.
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The Telescope Array Collaboration
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 1009-1012