Cable attenuation study of Tibet water Cherenkov muon detector array-A  

作　　者：GOU Quanbu GUO Yiqing LIU Cheng QIAN Xiangli HOU Zhengtao 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [2]Department of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China [3]Department of Physics Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China

出　　处：《Nuclear Science and Techniques》2011年第4期230-234,共5页核技术（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.111 072552430);the Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics,Institute of High Energy Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

摘　　要：This work aims at online calibration of signal attenuation of the long cable used in Tibet water Cherenkov muon detector array-A (Tibet MD-A) under the Tibet air shower array.Based on a waterproof connection of the signal cable to PMT (R3600_06) and characters of the high voltage divider,terminal reflection method is used for measuring the signal attenuation with a practical way to eliminate contribution of the pulse baseline.Comparison measurement data-taking method (with charge-to-digital conversion) was carried out by using open-ended cables,confirming that terminal reflection method is a fast and convenient,and suitable to online calibration of the signal attenuation for Tibet MD-A.At 26℃,the measured attenuation coefficient with the 250-m cable connected permanently to the PMT,was ～13.9%.The cable frequency response was measured by using the sinusoidal signals.The method could be used to study time dispersion of signals produced with Tibet MD-A detector via Fourier analysis.This work aims at online calibration of signal attenuation of the long cable used in Tibet water Cherenkov muon detector array-A （Tibet MD-A） under the Tibet air shower array. Based on a waterproof connection of the signal cable to PMT （R3600_06） and characters of the high voltage divider, terminal reflection method is used for measuring the signal attenuation with a practical way to eliminate contribution of the pulse baseline. Comparison measurement data-taking method （with charge-to-digital conversion） was carried out by using open-ended cables, confirming that terminal reflection method is a fast and convenient, and suitable to online calibration of the signal attenuation for Tibet MD-A. At 26℃, the measured attenuation coefficient with the 250-m cable connected permanently to the PMT, was -13.9%. The cable frequency response was measured by using the sinusoidal signals. The method could be used to study time dispersion of signals produced with Tibet MD-A detector via Fourier analysis.

关 键 词：探测器阵列 信号电缆 信号衰减 Μ介子 西藏 防水 频率响应测量 测量数据 

分 类 号：TN215[电子电信—物理电子学] U284.774[交通运输工程—交通信息工程及控制]