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Drift Chamber Status Report. Tokyo PHENIX Meeting. Milestones Achieved. Initial delay in start of net production; 2 weeks due to late delivery of small US made precision screws. Middle October: 13 X-nets made and tested at PNPI: 8 excellent (<2 namp) 3 acceptable (<50 namp) 2 sparked:
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Drift Chamber Status Report Tokyo PHENIX Meeting
Milestones Achieved • Initial delay in start of net production; 2 weeks due to late delivery of small US made precision screws. • Middle October: 13 X-nets made and tested at PNPI: • 8 excellent (<2 namp) • 3 acceptable (<50 namp) • 2 sparked: • One stray wire strand. • One poor glue application.
MECH Milestones continued • End of October: • 32 UV nets made, all excellent. • Early November: • Mechanical mods to the Large prototype begun. • Shipped 10 wire modules (2 X, 4 U, 4 V). • Middle November: • Wire modules arrive intact (no tangling) • Installation complete by Thanksgiving.
Module Profile Old: UV cages “Tilt” into active volume New: UV cages flush with end
Component Overview The ASD/TMC card accepts chamber signals directly. The FEM card responds to triggers and orchestrates readout of 4 ASD/TMC cards (one “Keystone”). ASD8 = preAmp, Shaper, Discriminator (“PENN chip”) TMC = Time Memory Cell, Yasuo Arai KEK.
ASD/TMC Tests • Real ASD/TMC Card • Mini FEM => Logic analyzer • ARCNet/Timing Emulation Box: • Supplies pulses • Supplies triggers • Supplies ENDat’s
Noise Tests on Chamber On Chamber HV connected reads always running 3fC threshold TMC level • With the scope set to 5 second persistence, we record all disc firings. • No white noise! • Readout noise comes from Mini-FEM
All RC cards installed. Pure nitrogen tests, all cages at once. Corona at expected point. Need one more day of turns w/ 50-50. No measurable leaks. Vlad seems optimistic. MECH: Since leaving for QM97
ELEC: Since Leaving for QM97 • A-side signal boards stuffed and tested. • ARCNet slave FPGA design complete. • We’ll write user code in ARCNet board called from hooks inside JF code (a standard option!). Otherwise too slow. Some code written. • g-2 blank FIFO card and most parts in hand. • Pre-prod proto shipped from LLNL. • Need to address: • Cabling • DC-DC convertor mechanical details.