High speed data acquisition system for the forward photon detector at the LHC-ALICE experiment

• Project/Area Number: 25287047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: Chujo Tatsuya 筑波大学, 数理物質系, 講師 (70418622)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIAKE Yasuo 筑波大学, 副学長・理事 (10157422) ; SUGITATE Toru 広島大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (80144806) ; INABA Motoi 筑波技術大学, 産業技術部, 准教授 (80352566)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥19,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,410,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,560,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥6,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,530,000)
• Keywords: 高エネルギー原子核衝突 / 電磁カロリメータ / シリコン検出器 / LHC 加速器 / ALICE 実験 / 前方の物理 / カラーグラス凝縮 / QGP熱化 / クォーク物質 / 原子核衝突実験 / LHC加速器 / 前方方向の物理 / ALICE実験 / 粒子検出器 / 電磁カロリメータ検出器

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, we developed the new readout system for the Forward Electromagnetic Calorimeter (FOCAL) for the future upgrade of the ALICE experiment at the LHC at CERN. We confirmed that the current readout system and FOCAL prototype have the expected performance regarding the energy resolution and energy linearity. We also started the R&D of the high speed data acquisition system, called VMM2/3 with CERN RD51 collaboration, and obtained the initial results.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] CERN 研究所(スイス)
• [Journal Article] Development of the FoCal-E PAD detector and its electronics for the ALICE experiment at the LHC (2015)
  • Author(s): M. Inaba, T. Chujo, M. Hirano
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Volume: Oct Pages: 1-3
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.055
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] LHC-ALICE実験のアップグレードに向けた超前方光子測定用電磁カロリメータ Si PAD 検出器の性能’評価 (2016)
  • Author(s): 平野勝大 (for the ALICE FoCal collaboration)、中條達也、稲葉基、他
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 第７１回年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北学院大学、 宮城県仙台市
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ALICE FoCal-E PAD 検出器の信号読み出しに向けた VMM2 チップの性能評価 (2016)
  • Author(s): Byung Chul Kim for the RD51 collaboration, 中條達也、稲葉基、他
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 第７１回年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北学院大学、宮城県仙台市
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Detector R&D of the Forward Calorimeter with PAD readout for the ALICE upgrade (2015)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Hirano, Tatsuya Chujo, Motoi Inaba
  • Organizer: Quark Matter 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Research and development for the Forward Calorimeter as an ALICE upgrade project to study forward physics (2015)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Hirano
  • Organizer: WORKSHOP ON FORWARD PHYSICS AND HIGH-ENERGY SCATTERING AT ZERO DEGREES
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of the FoCal-E PAD detector and its electronics for the ALICE experiment at the LHC (2015)
  • Author(s): Motoi Inaba, Tatsuya Chujo, Masahiro Hirano
  • Organizer: 13th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors
  • Place of Presentation: Isola D'Elba (La Biodola), Italy
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 前方の物理（実験） (2015)
  • Author(s): 中條達也
  • Organizer: チュートリアル研究会「重イオン衝突の物理：基礎から最先端まで」
  • Place of Presentation: 理化学研究所 和光キャンパス（和光市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-25 – 2015-03-27
  • Invited
• [Presentation] LHC-ALICE 実験のための前方光子検出器（FoCal）プロトタイプ評価用 電子回路の開発 (2015)
  • Author(s): 稲葉基
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 第７０回年次大会（２０１５）
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学 早稲田キャンパス（新宿区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-21 – 2015-03-24
• [Presentation] "LHC-ALICE実験における超前方光子測定用カロリメータ試作機のデータ収集系の構築と性能評価 (2015)
  • Author(s): 佐藤航
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 第７０回年次大会（２０１５）
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学 早稲田キャンパス（新宿区）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-21 – 2015-03-24
• [Presentation] Forward Calorimeter: Physics (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Chujo
  • Organizer: France-Japan workshop on physics analysis in the ALICE experiment
  • Place of Presentation: VVF Villages, Sainte-Maxime, France
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-14 – 2015-03-15
• [Presentation] Forward Calorimeter: Detector (2015)
  • Author(s): W. Sato
  • Organizer: France-Japan workshop on physics analysis in the ALICE experiment
  • Place of Presentation: VVF Villages, Sainte-Maxime, France
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-14 – 2015-03-15
• [Presentation] ALICE の forward 物理 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: ハドロン散乱ゼロ度測定勉強会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学研究所共同館５階共通会議室（名古屋市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Forward Calorimetry in ALICE at LHC (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Chujo
  • Organizer: HAWAII 2014, Fourth Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American Physical Society and The Physical Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: the Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawaii’s Big Island, USA
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-07 – 2014-10-11
• [Presentation] Calorimetry in ALICE at LHC (2014)
  • Author(s): T. Chujo
  • Organizer: TIPP 2014, International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-02 – 2014-06-06
• [Presentation] ALICE STATUS (2014)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: ALICE Physics Analysis and Tier-1/2 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学大学会館（つくば市）
• [Presentation] Forward Direct Photons with FoCal in ALICE (2014)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: ALICE Physics Analysis and Tier-1/2 Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学大学会館（つくば市）
• [Presentation] Exploitation of hard electro-magnetic probes and jets to study the QGP with LHC-ALICE (2013)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: Joint Workshop of the France-Japan (TYL) and France-Korea (FKPPL) Particle Physics Laboratories
  • Place of Presentation: Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of South Korea
• [Presentation] Summary of recent results from LHC (2013)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: 2013 RHIC & AGS Annual Users’ Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: ブルックヘブン国立研究所（米国）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] シンポジウム・高温クォーク物質研究の最前線、RHIC/LHC/J-PARC の次期計画；高エネルギー重イオン衝突の新展開 (2013)
  • Author(s): 中條 達也
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会 ２０１３年秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 高知大学朝倉キャンパス（高知市）
  • Invited
• [Remarks] 高エネルギー原子核実験グループ
  • URL: http://utkhii.px.tsukuba.ac.jp
• [Remarks] ALICE 実験 日本グループ
  • URL: http://alice-j.org/
• [Remarks] 筑波大学高エネルギー原子核実験グループ
  • URL: http://utkhii.px.tsukuba.ac.jp
• [Remarks] LHC ALICE 実験 日本グループ
  • URL: http://alice-j.org
• [Remarks] 筑波大学高エネルギー原子核実験グループ
  • URL: http://utkhii.px.tsukuba.ac.jp