KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware and software
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2019-08-13 v2
Abstract
The KM3NeT research infrastructure being built at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea will host water-Cherenkov telescopes for the detection of cosmic neutrinos. The neutrino telescopes will consist of large volume three-dimensional grids of optical modules to detect the Cherenkov light from charged particles produced by neutrino-induced interactions. Each optical module houses 31 3-inch photomultiplier tubes, instrumentation for calibration of the photomultiplier signal and positioning of the optical module and all associated electronics boards. By design, the total electrical power consumption of an optical module has been capped at seven watts. This paper presents an overview of the front-end and readout electronics system inside the optical module, which has been designed for a 1~ns synchronization between the clocks of all optical modules in the grid during a life time of at least 20 years.
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@article{arxiv.1907.06453,
title = {KM3NeT front-end and readout electronics system: hardware, firmware and software},
author = {The KM3NeT Collaboration and S. Aiello and F. Ameli and M. Andre and G. Androulakis and M. Anghinolfi and G. Anton and M. Ardid and J. Aublin and C. Bagatelas and G. Barbarino and B. Baret and S. Basegmez du Pree and A. Belias and E. Berbee and A. M. van den Berg and V. Bertin and V. van Beveren and S. Biagi and A. Biagioni and S. Bianucci and M. Billault and M. Bissinger and P. Bos and J. Boumaaza and S. Bourret and M. Bouta and G. Bouvet and M. Bouwhuis and C. Bozza and H. Brânzaş and M. Briel and M. Bruchner and R. Bruijn and J. Brunner and E. Buis and R. Buompane and J. Busto and D. Calvo and A. Capone and S. Celli and M. Chabab and N. Chau and S. Cherubini and V. Chiarella and T. Chiarusi and M. Circella and R. Cocimano and J. and A. and B. Coelho and A. Coleiro and M. Colomer Molla and S. Colonges and R. Coniglione and P. Coyle and A. Creusot and G. Cuttone and C. D'Amato and A. D'Amico and A. D'Onofrio and R. Dallier and M. De Palma and I. Di Palma and A. F. Díaz and D. Diego-Tortosa and C. Distefano and A. Domi and R. Donà and C. Donzaud and D. Dornic and M. Dörr and M. Durocher and T. Eberl and T. van Eeden and I. El Bojaddaini and H. Eljarrari and D. Elsaesser and A. Enzenhöfer and P. Fermani and G. Ferrara and M. D. Filipović and L. A. Fusco and D. Gajanana and T. Gal and A. Garcia Soto and F. Garufi and L. Gialanella and E. Giorgio and A. Giuliante and S. R. Gozzini and R. Gracia and K. Graf and D. Grasso and T. Grégoire and G. Grella and D. Guderian and C. Guidi and S. Hallmann and H. Hamdaoui and H. van Haren and A. Heijboer and A. Hekalo and J. J. Hernández-Rey and J. Hofestädt and F. Huang and E. Huesca Santiago and G. Illuminati and C. W. James and P. Jansweijer and M. Jongen and M. de Jong and P. de Jong and M. Kadler and P. Kalaczyński and O. Kalekin and U. F. Katz and N. R. Khan Chowdhury and F. van der Knaap and E. N. Koffeman and P. Kooijman and A. Kouchner and M. Kreter and V. Kulikovskiy and Meghna K. K. and R. Lahmann and G. Larosa and R. Le Breton and F. Leone and E. Leonora and G. Levi and M. Lincetto and A. Lonardo and F. Longhitano and D. Lopez-Coto and G. Maggi and J. Mańczak and K. Mannheim and A. Margiotta and A. Marinelli and C. Markou and G. Martignac and L. Martin and J. A. Martínez-Mora and A. Martini and F. Marzaioli and S. Mazzou and R. Mele and K. W. Melis and P. Migliozzi and E. Migneco and P. Mijakowski and L. S. Miranda and C. M. Mollo and M. Morganti and M. Moser and A. Moussa and R. Muller and P. Musico and M. Musumeci and L. Nauta and S. Navas and C. A. Nicolau and C. Nielsen and B. Ó Fearraigh and M. Organokov and A. Orlando and V. Panagopoulos and G. Papalashvili and R. Papaleo and C. Pastore and G. E. Păvălaş and G. Pellegrini and C. Pellegrino and M. Perrin-Terrin and P. Piattelli and K. Pikounis and O. Pisanti and C. Poirè and G. Polydefki and V. Popa and M. Post and T. Pradier and G. Pühlhofer and S. Pulvirenti and L. Quinn and F. Raffaelli and N. Randazzo and A. Rapicavoli and S. Razzaque and D. Real and S. Reck and J. Reubelt and G. Riccobene and M. Richer and L. Rigalleau and A. Rovelli and I. Salvadori and D. F. E. Samtleben and A. Sánchez Losa and M. Sanguineti and A. Santangelo and D. Santonocito and P. Sapienza and J. Schmelling and J. Schnabel and V. Sciacca and J. Seneca and I. Sgura and R. Shanidze and A. Sharma and F. Simeone and A. Sinopoulou and B. Spisso and M. Spurio and D. Stavropoulos and J. Steijger and S. M. Stellacci and B. Strandberg and D. Stransky and M. Taiuti and Y. Tayalati and E. Tenllado and T. Thakore and P. Timmer and S. Tingay and E. Tzamariudaki and D. Tzanetatos and V. Van Elewyck and F. Versari and S. Viola and D. Vivolo and G. de Wasseige and J. Wilms and R. Wojaczyński and E. de Wolf and D. Zaborov and A. Zegarelli and J. D. Zornoza and J. Zúñiga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.06453},
year = {2019}
}
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Prepared submission to Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS)