Plans for Summer-Fall 2023 and tutorials

Getting started:

Documentation on the data-acquisition/beam-test code:

Documentation on corryvreckan code:

  • Tutorial:

Task(s) description:

High-precision characterization of ALPIDE spatial resolution with 6 layers telescope in PS beam tests:

Preliminary learning:
  • Getting used to the two software packages that we will use for the study, EUDAQ2 and Corryvreckan. A detailed introduction to the tools can be found in the “Getting started” section. 
  • EUDAQ2 → data-acquisition software for beam tests.
  • Corryvreckan → offline-analysis software package for beam-test data

Characterization of the 6 ALPIDE chips of the 6 reference ALPIDE chips that equip the telescope with ALPIDE-daq-software tools
  • the objective is to learn the basic tools to test if a chip is working
  • test the chips (6 ALPIDEs) that equip the telescope during the PS beam tests (to make sure that they are properly functioning)

Getting experience of the EUDAQ2 software with a simple setup (1 ALPIDE+1 DAQ):  
  • N.B. : in B23 we cannot have radioactive sources or beams. We will lower the noise threshold of the ALPIDE chips to get some “signal”.

Assembling and test of the telescope:
  • Main components: 6 reference layers, 1 DUT chip, 2 scintillators, triggers, power supplies …
  • Assemble the hardware components in B23 (or review the setup if already assembled)
  • Setup the PC that will be used to control the telescope (installation of Ubuntu, EUDAQ2,  ALPIDE-daq-software, Corryvreckan…)
  • Connect the HW to the PC, power supplies etc, and test the correct functioning of the setup with dedicated tests with EUDAQ2
  • N.B. : also in this case, we will lower the noise threshold of the ALPIDE chips to get some “signal”.

Step 5) Beam tests (7 or 14 July — if beam is available!!)
  • Move the telescope to the CERN PS (link)
  • Test the setup 
  • Few hours of data taking (depending on the beam conditions)
  • Collect a O(10^5) - O(10^6) events with dedicated calibration, alignment runs etc. 
  • If possible, we will vary the chip setup (e.g. different Vbias) 

Step 6) Offline analysis:
  • We will perform the data analysis to characterize the ALPIDE spatial resolution and calculate the correction to the reconstructed hit position based on the cluster size (never done so far by ITS3 people, and very useful for MOSS studies).
  • Study will be done with different chip setups