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Forward Endcap News

Thomas Held

Ruhr-Universität Bochum Institut für Experimentalphysik I

• LII. PANDA Collaboration Meeting, Giessen

March 17th, 2015

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Miscellaneous Topics

Broken APD couplings (Proto192) HV modules: Iseg-Meeting Cable routing in forward endcap VPTTs Support and mounting frame (Jülich)

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Proto192: Broken APD Couplings

Reported at Jülich meeting: APD-pairs on the same crystal show different light yields Further investigation: Dismantling of APD-subunit Result: Broken couplings to some of the crystals Three units fallen off completely

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Proto192: Broken APD Couplings

VPTT subunit totally unaffected: rock-solid couplings Most likely scenario: insufficient curing time (stress on coupling (mounting) during curing) Curing by reaction with air moisture - penetration through complete coupling necessary VPTTs glued one month, APDs glued three days before beam time... However, bad couplings not correlated with differing light yields APD yield measurements to better understand/explain the differences in crystal readout

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HV modules: Iseg-Meeting

Problems with ISEG HV modules (APD lab and Bochum) Negative currents/zero load currents, waiting time per voltage step There is a minimum latency to account for in order to get precise current values for a choosen voltage setting (depends on module firmware - up tp 40 s) Allow for non-zero open loop currents: record and subtract (intrinsic current does not change with load) All these effects are covered by the stated accuracy given in the manual

Voltage / V 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Current / muA

• 0.0015
• 0.0014
• 0.0013
• 0.0012
• 0.0011
• 0.001
• 0.0009

/ ndf

2

χ 1.117e-07 / 447 p0 1.495e-06 ±

• 0.0009262

p1 5.756e-09 ±

• 1.319e-06

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χ 1.117e-07 / 447 p0 1.495e-06 ±

• 0.0009262

p1 5.756e-09 ±

• 1.319e-06

iseg Module GSI Channel 0 30s

• 0.001
• 0.0005

• 4.195e-06

/ ndf

χ 6.053e-05 / 447 p0 3.479e-05 ± 0.001406 p1 1.34e-07 ±

• 4.195e-06

iseg Module 2 Channel 0 open Voltage / V 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Current / muA

• 0.0005

• 4.136e-06

/ ndf

χ 1.43e-07 / 447 p0 1.691e-06 ± 0.001414 p1 6.513e-09 ±

• 4.136e-06

iseg Module 2 Channel 0 open

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Forward Endcap Cabling, Mechanics (Bonn)

Cabling photo detector units:

All signal cable: delivered HV and LV cable: order soon (talk to vendor/tailor), delivery 1-2 weeks after order GND cable: distributor located, offers requested, delivery 1-2 weeks after order Subunit patch-panel: received offers for connectors (ordering soon), U.FL connectors arrived last week Design patch-panel pcb not yet finalized: introduction of power planes for LV feeding, extension to 8 layers

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Forward Endcap Cabling, Mechanics (Bonn)

Connection patch-panel to outside:

Signal cable ordered Signal cable connection: modify pitch adapter pcb (changes because of swichover to thinner cable), talk to assembler LV: cable type still to determine HV cable: delivered (talk to tailor - mounting of Molex connectors) Molex connector: offers received, ordering soon

Mechanics:

Mountplates: ready Inserts: ready (except for some spares) Interface pieces: got drawings, clarify with workshop

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Cable routing in forward endcap

Routing scheme finished Test bundle between subunits X5Y8 and X6Y8 (the biggest

• ne: 32 HV lines, 256 singnal lines, 9 ribbon cables) fits in

available space

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VPTTs

All 900 VPTTs for PANDA delivered now! Gain measurements done so far: 564 pieces (750/1000 V) Cathode and anode dark currents ( 0.1 nA) One VPTT returned to Hamamatsu (weak connection wire) Medium gain: 54.8 (Hamamatsu), 52.7 (750V), 64.8 (1000V) All deviations (Hamamatsu vs. BO) in gain (750 V) ≤ 10% (as always)

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VPTTs

Forseen: Three different preamp types (gain) Medium gain version will need twice the gain the preamps have now (0.5 V/pC → 1 V/pC) Basel is currently manufacturing a version for testing Basel also modified the voltage divider PCB to 1500 V capability (works perfect) As soon as the new preamps are delivered, all VPTT subunits can be finished

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VPTTs

Preamp gain estimations based on tube gain and magnetic field map New simulation by Yuri Lobanov: 0.95-1.04 T at tube location Still to do: tube-position assignment (with B-field measurement data from Bonn)

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Support and mounting frame (Jülich)

Design of a support and mounting frame (Zentralinstitut für Engineering, Elektronik und Analyse, FZJ) Secure mounting/removing (maintenance)

• f forward endcap and disc DIRC into/out of Panda magnet

Construction of a base to place the endcap in COSY beam height for the preassemly in Jülich Support frame also needed for secure transport

• f the detector to Darmstadt

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