KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware, and software

Aiello S, Amllei F, Andre M, Androulakis G, Anghinolfi M, Anton G, Ardid M, Aublin J, Bagatelas C, Barbarino G, Baret B, Du Pree SB, Belias A, Bendahman M, Berbee E, Van Den Berg AM, Bertin V, Van Beveren V, Biagi S, Biagioni A, Bissinger M, Bos P, Boumaaza J, Bourret S, Bouta M, Bouvet G, Bouwhuis M, Bozza C, Branzas H, Briel MM, Bruchner M, Bruijn R, Brunner J, Buis EJ, Buompane R, Busto J, Calvo D, Capone A, Celli S, Chabab M, Chau N, Cherubini S, Chiarella V, Chiarusi T, Circella M, Cocimano R, Coelho JAB, Coleiro A, Molla MC, Colonges S, Coniglione R, Coyle P, Creusot A, Cuttone G, D'Amico A, D'Onofrio A, Dallier R, De Palma M, Di Palma I, Diaz AF, Diego-Tortosa D, Distefano C, Domi A, Dona R, Donzaud C, Dornic D, Doerr M, Durocher M, Eberl T, Van Eeden T, El Bojaddaini I, Eljarrari H, Elsaesser D, Enzenhofer A, Fermani P, Ferrara G, Filipovic MD, Fusco LA, Gajanana D, Gál T, Soto AG, Garufi F, Gialanella L, Giorgio E, Gozzini SR, Gracia Ruiz R, Graf K, Grasso D, Gregoire T, Grella G, Guderian D, Guidi C, Hallmann S, Hamdaoui H, Van Haren H, Heijboer A, Hekalo A, Hernandez-Rey JJ, Hofestädt J, Huang F, Santiago EH, Illuminati G, James CW, Jansweijer P, Jongen M, De Jong M, De Jong P, Kadler M, Kalaczynski P, Kalekin O, Katz U, Chowdhury NRK, Van Der Knaap F, Koffeman EN, Kooijman P, Kouchner A, Kreter M, Kulikovskiy V, Lahmann R, Larosa G, Le Breton R, Leone F, Leonora E, Levi G, Lincetto M, Clark ML, Lonardo A, Longhitano F, Lopez-Coto D, Maggi G, Manczak J, Mannheim K, Margiotta A, Marinelli A, Markou C, Martignac G, Martin L, Martinez-Mora JA, Martini A, Marzaioli F, Mazzou S, Mele R, Melis KW, Migliozzi P, Migneco E, Mijakowski P, Miranda LS, Mollo CM, Morganti M, Moser M, Moussa A, Muller R, Musico P, Musumeci M, Nauta L, Navas S, Nicolau CA, Nielsen C, Fearraigh BO, Organokov M, Orlando A, Panagopoulos V, Papalashvili G, Papaleo R, Pastore C, Pavals GE, Pellegrini G, Pellegrino C, Perrin-Terrin M, Piattelli P, Pieterse C, Pikounis K, Pisanti O, Poire C, Polydefki G, Popa V, Post M, Pradier T, Puehlhofer G, Pulvirenti S, Quinn L, Raffaelli F, Randazzo N, Rapicavoli A, Razzaque S, Real D, Reck S, Reubelt J, Riccobene G, Richer M, Rigalleau L, Rovelli A, Salvadori I, Samtleben DFE, Losa AS, Sanguineti M, Santangelo A, Santonocito D, Sapienza P, Schmelling JW, Schnabel J, Sciacca V, Seneca J, Sgura I, Shanidze R, Sharma A, Simeone F, Sinopoulou A, Spisso B, Spurio M, Stavropoulos D, Steijger J, Stellacci SM, Strandberg B, Stransky D, Taiuti M, Tayalati Y, Tenllado E, Thakore T, Timmer P, Tingay S, Tzamariudaki E, Tzanetatos D, Van Elweyck V, Versari F, Viola S, Vivolo D, De Wasseige G, Wilms J, Wojaczynski R, De Wolf E, Zaborov D, Zegarelli A, Zornoza JD, Zuniga J (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Book Volume: 5

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.5.4.046001

Abstract

The KM3NeT research infrastructure being built at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will host water-Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. The neutrino telescopes will consist of large volume three-dimensional grids of optical modules to detect the Cherenkov light from charged particles produced by neutrino-induced interactions. Each optical module houses 31 3-in. photomultiplier tubes, instrumentation for calibration of the photomultiplier signal and positioning of the optical module, and all associated electronics boards. By design, the total electrical power consumption of an optical module has been capped at seven Watts. We present an overview of the front-end and readout electronics system inside the optical module, which has been designed for a 1-ns synchronization between the clocks of all optical modules in the grid during a life time of at least 20 years. (C) 2019 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

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APA:

Aiello, S., Amllei, F., Andre, M., Androulakis, G., Anghinolfi, M., Anton, G.,... Zuniga, J. (2019). KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware, and software. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 5(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.5.4.046001

MLA:

Aiello, Sebastiano, et al. "KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware, and software." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 5.4 (2019).

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