ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the Majorana Demonstrator

N. Abgrall; J. M. Allmond; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; C. J. Barton; F. E. Bertrand; B. Bos; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; C. M. Campbell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; Pinghan Chu; M. L. Clark; H. L. Crawford; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; A. Drobizhev; D. W. Edwins; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; C. R. Haufe; R. J. Hegedus; R. Henning; D. Hervas Aguilar; E. W. Hoppe; A. Hostiuc; M. F. Kidd; I. Kim; R. T. Kouzes; A. M. Lopez; J. M. Lopez-Castano; E. L. Martin; R. D. Martin; R. Massarczyk; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. Myslik; T. K. Oli; G. Othman; W. Pettus; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; A. L. Reine; K. Rielage; N. W. Ruof; M. J. Stortini; D. Tedeschi; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; C. H. Yu; B. X. Zhu; B. Shanks

doi:10.1109/TNS.2020.3043671

ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the Majorana Demonstrator

N. Abgrall, J. M. Allmond, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, F. E. Bertrand, B. Bos, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, C. M. Campbell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, Pinghan Chu, M. L. Clark, H. L. Crawford, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, A. DrobizhevD. W. Edwins, Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, C. R. Haufe, R. J. Hegedus, R. Henning, D. Hervas Aguilar, E. W. Hoppe, A. Hostiuc, M. F. Kidd, I. Kim, R. T. Kouzes, A. M. Lopez, J. M. Lopez-Castano, E. L. Martin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. Myslik, T. K. Oli, G. Othman, W. Pettus, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, N. W. Ruof, M. J. Stortini, D. Tedeschi, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, C. H. Yu, B. X. Zhu, B. Shanks

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Imperfections in analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) cannot be ignored when signal digitization requirements demand both wide dynamic range and high resolution, as is the case for the Majorana Demonstrator 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay search. Enabling the experiment's high-resolution spectral analysis and efficient pulse shape discrimination required careful measurement and correction of ADC nonlinearities. A simple measurement protocol was developed that did not require sophisticated equipment or lengthy data-taking campaigns. A slope-dependent hysteresis was observed and characterized. A correction applied to digitized waveforms prior to signal processing reduced the differential and integral nonlinearities by an order of magnitude, eliminating these as dominant contributions to the systematic energy uncertainty at the double-beta decay Q value.

Original language	English
Article number	9288848
Pages (from-to)	359-367
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	68
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.3043671
State	Published - Mar 2021

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National Science Foundation	0923142, 1102292, 1812356, 1003399, 1206314, 1812409

Keywords

Gamma-ray detectors
neutrinoless double-beta decay

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Abgrall, N., Allmond, J. M., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Barton, C. J., Bertrand, F. E., Bos, B., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Caldwell, T. S., Campbell, C. M., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P., Clark, M. L., Crawford, H. L., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., ... Shanks, B. (2021). ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the Majorana Demonstrator. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 68(3), 359-367. Article 9288848. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.3043671

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