Integration of the FastIC front-end electronics into the Picosec MicroMegas detector

The Picosec MicroMegas collaboration aims to develop gaseous fast-timing detectors; experimentally, intrinsic time resolutions from around 50 ps to better than 20 ps are obtained, depending on the exact detector configuration. Parts of developments focus on exploring various options of fast-timing multi-channel front-end electronics, to meet the data processing demands of experimental applications. One option is the FastIC, which was developed for reading out positive and negative input polarity sensors with intrinsic amplification. In this paper, the first results from reading out the gaseous Picosec MicroMegas detector with the FastIC are presented. In laboratory studies, a basic description of the data processing chain was performed using a function generator. The results from test beam measurements are used to characterise the timing performance and the charge processing of the combination of FastIC and Picosec MicroMegas, as well as to demonstrate the possibility of a multi-channel detector readout. Although the timing-at-threshold level of the FastIC introduces a time walk of around 1.5 ns , time resolutions of around 50 ps have been achieved.

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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2025-04-12
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2025.170496
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Particle Detector Development and Performance
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Integration of the FastIC front-end electronics into the Picosec MicroMegas detector

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The Picosec MicroMegas collaboration aims to develop gaseous fast-timing detectors; experimentally, intrinsic time resolutions from around 50 ps to better than 20 ps are obtained, depending on the exact detector configuration. Parts of developments focus on exploring various options of fast-timing multi-channel front-end electronics, to meet the data processing demands of experimental applications. One option is the FastIC, which was developed for reading out positive and negative input polarity sensors with intrinsic amplification. In this paper, the first results from reading out the gaseous Picosec MicroMegas detector with the FastIC are presented. In laboratory studies, a basic description of the data processing chain was performed using a function generator. The results from test beam measurements are used to characterise the timing performance and the charge processing of the combination of FastIC and Picosec MicroMegas, as well as to demonstrate the possibility of a multi-channel detector readout. Although the timing-at-threshold level of the FastIC introduces a time walk of around 1.5 ns , time resolutions of around 50 ps have been achieved.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated EquipmentVol. 1076
University of Helsinki (FI), University of Bonn (DE), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR), University of Pavia (IT), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR), Université Paris-Saclay (FR), LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (PT), Helsinki Institute of Physics (FI), Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (US), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia (IT), CEA Paris-Saclay (FR), Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (GR), Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (FR), Stony Brook University (US), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH), Universitat de Barcelona (ES), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
U.S. Department of Energy, CERN, European Commission, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Office of Science, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Nuclear Physics
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