Upgrade of the scintillating bars detector for the ASACUSA experiment

Giovanni Costantini; Luca Giorleo; Giulia Gosta; Marco Leali; Valerio Mascagna; Stefano Migliorati; Michela Prest; Federico Ronchetti; Luigi Solazzi; Erik Vallazza; Luca Venturelli

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202226201013

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EPJ Web of Conferences 262, 01013 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226201013

Upgrade of the scintillating bars detector for the ASACUSA experiment

Giovanni Costantini¹^,2, Luca Giorleo³, Giulia Gosta¹^,2^*, Marco Leali¹^,2, Valerio Mascagna¹^,2, Stefano Migliorati¹^,2, Michela Prest⁴^,5, Federico Ronchetti⁴^,5, Luigi Solazzi³^,2, Erik Vallazza⁵ and Luca Venturelli¹^,2

¹ Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione (DII), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
² INFN - Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale (DIMI), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
⁴ Dipartimento di Scienze e Alta Tecnologia (DiSAT), Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Como, Italy
⁵ INFN - Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

^* e-mail: giulia.gosta@unibs.it

Published online: 27 April 2022

Abstract

The upgrade of the scintillating bars detector, used in the experiments of the ASACUSA Collaboration at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator is presented. The detector consists of several modules, each one made of ≈1m long scintillating bars, which allow the detection of the charged particles produced in the annihilations of antiprotons and antihydrogens. The mechanics, the electronic readout and the data acquisition system upgrade are described.

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