TY  - JOUR
AU  - Modamio, V.
AU  - Valiente-Dobon, J. J.
AU  - Jaworski, G.
AU  - Huyuk, T.
AU  - Triossi, A.
AU  - Egea, J.
AU  - Di Nitto, A.
AU  - Soderstrom, P. A.
AU  - Ros, J. A.
AU  - de Angelis, G.
AU  - de France, G.
AU  - Erduran, M. N.
AU  - Erturk, S.
AU  - Gadea, A.
AU  - Gonzalez, V.
AU  - Kownacki, J.
AU  - Moszynski, M.
AU  - Nyberg, J.
AU  - Palacz, M.
AU  - Sanchis, E.
AU  - Wadsworthm, R.
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015//
TI  - Digital pulse-timing technique for the neutron detector array NEDA
T2  - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
JO  - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
SP  - 71
EP  - 76
VL  - 775
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Digital timing
KW  - Constant fraction discriminator
KW  - Liquid scintillator
KW  - BC501A
KW  - Neutron detector
KW  - NEDA
AB  - A new digital pulse-timing algorithm, to be used with the future neutron detector array NEDA, has been developed and tested. The time resolution of four 5 in diameter photomultiplier tubes (XP4512, R4144, R11833-100, and ET9390-kb), coupled to a cylindrical 5 in by 5 in BC501A liquict scintillator detector was measured by employing digital sampling electronics and a constant fraction discriminator (CFD) algorithm. The zero crossing of the CM algorithm was obtained with a cubic spline interpolation, which was continuous up to the second derivative. The performance of the algorithm was studied at sampling rates of 500 MS/s and 200 MS/s. The time resolution obtained with the digital electronics was compared to the values acquired with a standard analog CFD. The result of this comparison shows that the time resolution from the analog and the digital measurements at 500 MS/s and at 200 MS/s are within 15% for all the tested photomultiplier tubes.
SN  - 0168-9002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.002
DO  - 10.1016/j.nima.2014.12.002
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000348040900011
ID  - Modamio_etal2015
ER  -