A. Balla

Status of the cylindrical-GEM project for the KLOE-2 Inner Tracker

We present the status of the RD characterization of the single-mask GEM technology for the realization of large area GEM foils; study of the 2-D, XV patterned, readout strips performed with small planar prototypes in a dedicated test at the H4-SPS beam facility, in presence of a magnetic field (up to 1.5T intensity). In addition, for the design of the final detector a finite element simulation of the mechanics together with specific load tests of the materials and the structure used for the construction of the prototype have been carried out.

An FGPA Based General Purpose DAQ Module for the KLOE-2 Experiment

A general purpose FPGA based DAQ module has been developed. This module has been built around a Virtex-4 FPGA and it is able to acquire up to 1024 different channels distributed over 10 slave cards. The module has an optical interface a RS-232 a USB and a Gigabit Interface. The KLOE-2 experiment is going to use it to take data from the Inner tracker and the QCALT. An embedded processor (power pc 604) is present on the FPGA and a telnet server has been developed and installed. A new general purpose data taking system has been based on this new module to acquire the Inner Tracker. The system is at the moment working at LNF (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati).

Front-end DAQ strategy and implementation for the KLOE-2 experiment

A new front-end data acquisition (DAQ) system has been conceived for the data collection of the new detectors which will be installed by the KLOE2 collaboration. This system consists of a general purpose FPGA based DAQ module and a VME board hosting up to 16 optical links. The DAQ module has been built around a Virtex-4 FPGA and it is able to acquire up to 1024 different channels distributed over 16 front-end slave cards. Each module is a general interface board (GIB) which performs also first level data concentration tasks. The GIB has an optical interface, a RS-232, an USB and a Gigabit Ethernet Interface. The optical interface will be used for DAQ purposes while the Gigabit Ethernet interface for monitoring tasks and debug. Two new detectors exploit this strategy to collect data. Optical links are used to deliver data to the VME board which performs data concentration tasks. The return optical link from the board to the GIB is used to initialize the front-end cards. The VME interface of the module implements the VME 2eSST protocol in order to sustain a peak data rate of up to 320 MB/s. At the moment the system is working at the Frascati National Laboratory (LNF).

An FPGA Based General Purpose DAQ Module for the KLOE-2 Experiment

A general purpose FPGA based DAQ module has been developed. This module has been built around a Virtex-4 FPGA and it is able to acquire up to 1024 different channels distributed over 10 slave cards. The module has an optical interface, a RS-232 port, a USB and a Gigabit Interface. The KLOE-2 experiment is going to use this module to acquire data from the Inner tracker. An embedded processor (Power PC) is present on the FPGA and a telnet server has been developed and installed. A new general purpose data taking system has been based on this new module to acquire the Inner Tracker. The system is presently working at LNF (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati).

Production and test of the first triple-GEM cylindrical layers of the KLOE-2 Inner Tracker

The construction of the KLOE-2 Inner Tracker, foreseen as upgrade of the tracking system of the experiment at the e+e- Φ-factory DA<;I>NE at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF), has started in mid 2011. KLOE-2 is the first experiment using the GEM technology with a cylindrical geometry, developed at LNF by the Inner Tracker group and within the RD51 Collaboration as one of the key activities. Three layers of the Inner Tracker have been completed and the construction of the fourth and last layer has started. The productions procedure will be reported together with the first results obtained with 5.9 keY X-rays and cosmic-ray muons collected at LNF Inner Tracker test stand.

Design and construction of a cylindrical GEM detector as Inner Tracker in KLOE-2

We report on the design and the construction of a triple-GEM detector as the new Inner Tracker (IT) for the KLOE-2 experiment at the Frascati Φ-factory. The IT is composed of four tracking layers, each providing an independent two-dimensional space point. Each layer is a fully cylindrical triple-GEM detector. The front-end electronics is based on the GASTONE ASIC, specifically developed for this detector, a charge amplifier with digital output integrating 64 channels in one single chip. After three years of R&D the construction of the first layer has started, with the aim of completing the detector by middle of 2012. We report on the R&D achievements, including the construction process, the results of two beam-tests with prototype detectors, and the present realization status of the final detector.

The KLOE-2 cylindrical GEM inner tracker: Detector operation, calibration and performance

KLOE-2 at the e+e− DAφNE φ-factory is the main experiment of the INFN Frascati National Laboratories (LNF) and is the first high-energy experiment using the GEM technology with a cylindrical geometry, a novel idea that was developed at LNF exploiting the kapton properties to build a light and compact tracking system. Four concentric cylindrical triple-GEM detectors, for a total material budget below 2% of the radiation length X0, are inserted around the interaction region and before the inner wall of the pre-existing KLOE Drift Chamber, at distances from 130 mm to 205 mm. For this project, state-of-the-art solutions have been expressly developed or tuned: single-mask GEM etching, multi-layer XV patterned readout circuit, PEEK spacer grid, GASTONE front-end board, a custom 64-channel ASIC with digital output, and the Global Interface Board for data collection, with a configurable FPGA architecture and Gigabit Ethernet. The dedicated XV strips patterned readout allows space coordinates to be reconstructed. Alignment and calibration of a cylindrical GEM detector was never done before and represents one of the challenging activities of the experiment. During 2015 both KLOE-2 and DAPHNE successfully demonstrated the feasibility of a long term acquisition program with the first data taking campaign, started in November 2014 and ended in July 2015 with 1 fb−1 integrated luminosity. The second new data taking campaign started in September 2015 and KLOE-2 is presently taking data. The Inner Tracker detector operation, calibration and performance will be presented. Preliminary results obtained with cosmic-ray muons and Bhabha scattering events are within expectations for the Inner Tracker resolution.

Commissioning of the KLOE-2 Inner Tracker: The first cylindrical GEM detector

The KLOE-2 Inner Tracker, the first fully-cylindrical GEM detector ever built, is being commissioned at the Frascati Laboratory of INFN. KLOE-2 is the first experiment exploiting GEM technology with cylindrical geometry. Tracking performance of this novel detector are being studied using both cosmic-ray muon and Bhabha scattering events. Alignment and calibration procedures to reach design spatial resolutions are ongoing and will be reported.

A mew DAQ system strategy and its implementation for the KLOE-2 experiment

The KLOE2 experiment has been approved. Its data taking is going to start early next year. In order to pursue its physics program the KLOE2 collaboration has built two new detectors: the Inner Tracker (IT) and the QCALT. Their inclusion in the experiment has triggered the need to upgrade the data acquisition system (daq), initially conceived for the KLOE experiment. In this paper we describe the main characteristics of the new data acquisition system.