Development of ground test system for silicon charge detector beam prototype

Subjects: Nuclear Science and Technology >> Nuclear Detection Technology and Nuclear Electronics submitted time 2024-04-26

张镇 龚轲 彭文溪 乔锐 郭东亚 刘雅清 黄明 武梦龙 刘楦

Abstract： [Background]: The High Energy Cosmic Radiation Detection Facility (HERD) is a flagship scientific instrument planned to be deployed on the Chinese Space Station, aiming to indirectly detect dark matter, accurately measure cosmic ray compositions, and conduct surveys of high-energy gamma-ray emissions. Among them, the silicon charge detector is one of the key components of HERD, used to measure the charges of cosmic rays ranging from hydrogen to nickel.[Purpose]: To validate and analyze the charge measurement capability of silicon charge detectors, a ground test system was designed for a prototype silicon charge detector beamline.[Methods]: The ground test system utilizes Xilinx's ZYNQ UltraScale+ MPSoC chip as the control chip, achieving functions including LVDS data reception, encoding and decoding, RS-422 control, and gigabit Ethernet data reception and storage. [Results]: The silicon charge detector beamline prototype participated in heavy ion beam experiments at the European Nuclear Research Center, with the ground test system collecting 100G of experimental data during the beamline experiments. [Conclusions]: The Ground Test system demonstrated good stability and reliability during the beam experiment, providing important technical support and data foundation for subsequent experiments of the HERD project's silicon charge detector.

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