Speaker
Dr
Carmela Bonavolonta
(INFN-Napoli)
Description
The development of a new camera based on the use of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPM) proposed for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), which represents a new generation of ground based very high energy gamma ray observatory, is one of the main items of the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). In the R&D framework a single channel electronic charge preamplifier has been developed to improve the performance of photon cameras equipped with High Density NUV – HD SiPM produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) with a micro cell of 30 μm x 30 μm and 6 mm x 6 mm total area. The single channel preamplifier will be used as basic component for a 16-channel electronic board prototype to test the 8 x 8 NUV – HD SiPM modules proposed to equip a pSCT (Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope prototype) camera. In this work the results of tests on the single channel preamplifier prototype to optimize the SiPM performances will be presented.
Author
Dr
Carmela Bonavolonta
(INFN-Napoli)
Co-authors
Alfonso Boiano
(NA)
Carla Aramo
(NA)
Prof.
Corrado de Lisio
(Dep. of Physics "E.Pancini" University of Napoli "Federico II", INFN Napoli, Italy)
Dr
Massimo Valentino
(CNR-SPIN Napoli)
Michelangelo Ambrosio
(NA)
Vincenzo Masone
(NA)
