PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 444 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) - Neutrino Astronomy & Physics (NU)
KM3NeT acquisition electronics: status and upgrade
D. Real, P. Jansweijer, V. van Beveren, J.W. Schmelling, G. Pellegrini, A. Diaz, S. Colonges, C. Champion, F. Benfenati, F. Filippini, P. Musico, P. Litrico, J.D.D. Zornoza*, S.R. Gozzini, T. Chiarusi and D. Calvo
Full text: pdf
Pre-published on: July 25, 2023
Published on:
Abstract
The KM3NeT Collaboration is building and operating two deep-sea neutrino telescopes at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The telescopes consist of lattices of light detectors housed in
pressure-resistant glass spheres, the so-called digital optical modules, which house 31 3-inches of diameter photomultipliers, as well as the acquisition electronics. The so-called detection units are vertical strings along which digital optical modules are installed. For the first phase of the construction of the telescopes, several tens of detection units have been produced, out of which almost 40 have already been deployed with more than 20,000 photomultipliers installed and taking data. Once finished, the two telescopes will have installed more than ten thousand acquisition nodes, completing one of the more complex networks in the world in terms of operation and synchronisation. This work presents the current status of the acquisition electronics, including the upgrade of the principal components such as the central logic board, the signal collecting board, switching core board and Glenair back plane.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.1072
How to cite

Metadata are provided both in "article" format (very similar to INSPIRE) as this helps creating very compact bibliographies which can be beneficial to authors and readers, and in "proceeding" format which is more detailed and complete.

Open Access
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright owned by the author(s) under the term of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.