R. Acciarri, N. Canci, F. Cavanna, A. Cortopassi, M. D'Incecco, G. Mini, F. Pietropaolo, A. Romboli, E. Segreto, A. M. Szelc
The CAEN V1751 is a new generation of Waveform Digitizer recently introduced by CAEN SpA. Its features, i.e. 8 Channels per board, 10 bit, 1 GS/s Flash ADC Waveform Digitizer (or 4 channel, 10 bit, 2 GS/s Flash ADC Waveform Digitizer - Dual Edge Sampling mode) with threshold and Auto-Trigger capabilities provides a very good (relatively low-cost) solution for data acquisition in Dark Matter searches using PMTs to detect scintillation light in liquid argon. The board was tested by operating it in real experimental conditions and by comparing it with a state of the art digital oscilloscope. We find that the sampling at 1 or 2 GS/s is appropriate for the reconstruction of the fast component of the scintillation light in argon (characteristic time of about 6-7 ns) and the extended dynamic range, after a small customization, allows for the detection of signals in the range of energy needed. The bandwidth is found to be adequate and the intrinsic noise is very low.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1371
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