HVPS system for ∗ – EUSO detectors

Plebaniak, Z.; Karczmarczyk, J.; Marszał, W.; Szabelski, J.; Gorodetzky, P.; Prat, Piere; Prévôt, G.

doi:10.22323/1.301.0378

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“…These are covered with a BG3 UV filter so that the detector is sensitive to photons between 300-400 nm, the range in which the fluorescence lines of atmospheric Nitrogen peak. The PDM is supplied with around 1000 V from a Cockroft-Walton high voltage power supply (HVPS) 15 and signals from the MAPMTs are processed and digitized with SPACIROC3 ASICs. 16 Signals from the SPACIROCs are passed to the data acquisition system which is made up of an FPGA board utilizing the Xilinx Zynq XC7Z030 chip 17 CPU module (hereafter referred to as the CPU).…”

Section: The Mini-euso Instrumentmentioning

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Mini-EUSO data acquisition and control software

Capel,

Belov,

Cambiè

et al. 2019

Preprint

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We present the data acquisition and control software for the operation of Mini-EUSO, a space-based fluorescence telescope for the observation of extensive air showers and atmospheric phenomena. This framework has been extensively tested alongside the development of Mini-EUSO and is now finalized in anticipation of its launch in mid-August this year. The data acquisition, housekeeping and subsystem control is achieved using custom-designed front-end electronics based on a Xilinx Zynq XC7Z030 chip interfaced with a PCIe/104 CPU module via the integrated Zynq processing system. The instrument control interface is handled using an object-oriented C++ design which can be run both autonomously or interactively as required. Whilst developed for Mini-EUSO, the modular design of both the software and hardware can easily be scaled up to larger instrument designs and adapted to different subsystem and communication requirements. As such, this framework will also be used in the upgrade of the EUSO-TA instrument and potentially for the next EUSO-SPB2 NASA Balloon flight. The software and firmware presented herein are open source and released with detailed and integrated documentation.

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Mini-EUSO data acquisition and control software

Capel,

Belov,

Cambiè

et al. 2019

Preprint

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“…EUSO-SPB1 L. Wiencke The HV for the MAPMTs is generated by a Cockcroft-Walton type circuit [19]. A corresponding circuit board and its HV connections with the MAPMTs are potted into each EC sub-assembly.…”

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EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

Wiencke¹,

Olinto²

2017

Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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“…The total number of pixels on focal surface is 2304. Each EC has separate High Voltage Power Supply system [2]. Readout system is based on SPACIROC-1 ASIC [3].…”

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Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

Plebaniak¹,

Przybylak²,

Barghini³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021)

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EUSO-TA is a ground-based experiment, placed at Black Rock Mesa of the Telescope Array site as a part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. The UV fluorescence imaging telescope with a field of view of about 10.6 • x 10.6 • consisting of 2304 pixels (36 Multi-Anode Photomultipliers, 64 pixels each) works with 2.5-microsecond time resolution. An experimental setup with two Fresnel lenses allows for measurements of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in parallel with the TA experiment as well as the other sources like flashes of lightning, artificial signals from UV calibration lasers, meteors and stars. Stars increase counts on pixels while crossing the field of view as the point-like sources. In this work, we discuss the method for calibration of EUSO fluorescence detectors based on signals from stars registered by the EUSO-TA experiment during several campaigns. As the star position is known, the analysis of signals gives an opportunity to determine the pointing accuracy of the detector. This can be applied to space-borne or balloon-borne EUSO missions. We describe in details the method of the analysis which provides information about detector parameters like the shape of the point spread function and is the way to perform absolute calibration of EUSO cameras.

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HVPS system for ∗ – EUSO detectors

Cited by 5 publications

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Mini-EUSO data acquisition and control software

Mini-EUSO data acquisition and control software

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

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