The measurement of atmospheric radioxenon is an important tool for monitoring nuclear weapons testing. The development of new and improved xenon detection methods supports the monitoring program of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). In the current...
P. M. Grudberg
A Digital Signal Processing Module for Time-Division Multiplexed Microcalorimeter Arrays
We have developed a digital signal processing module for real time processing of time-division multiplexed data from SQUID-coupled transition-edge sensor microcalorimeter arrays. It is a 3U PXI card consisting of a standardized core processor board and a daughter...
Study of Silicon Detectors for High Resolution Radioxenon Measurements
Measurement of radioactive xenon in the atmosphere is one of several techniques to detect nuclear weapons testing, typically using either scintillator based coincidence beta/gamma detectors or germanium based gamma only detectors. Silicon detectors have a number of...
A Versatile Multichannel Digital Signal Processing Module for Microcalorimeter Arrays
Different techniques have been developed for reading out microcalorimeter sensor arrays: individual outputs for small arrays, and time-division or frequency-division or code-division multiplexing for large arrays. Typically, raw waveform data are first read out from...
Digital Data Acquisition System for Experiments With Segmented Detectors at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
A 624-channel Digital Data Acquisition System capable of instrumenting the Segmented Germanium Array at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory has been implemented using Pixie-16 Digital Gamma Finder modules by XIA LLC. The system opens an opportunity for...