The Majorana Demonstrator readout electronics system

N. Abgrall; M. Amman; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; C. J. Barton; P. J. Barton; F. E. Bertrand; K. H. Bhimani; B. Bos; A. W. Bradley; T. H. Burritt; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; M. L. Clark; R. J. Cooper; 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. Li; J. C. Loach; A. M. Lopez; J. M. López-Castaño; P. N. Luke; E. L. Martin; R. D. Martin; R. Massarczyk; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. Myslik; T. K. Oli; G. Othman; D. Peterson; W. Pettus; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; A. L. Reine; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; N. W. Ruof; B. Sayki; M. J. Stortini; D. Tedeschi; M. Turqueti; T. D. Van Wechel; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; H. Yaver; C. H. Yu; B. X. Zhu; S. Zimmermann

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05003

The Majorana Demonstrator readout electronics system

N. Abgrall, M. Amman, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, P. J. Barton, F. E. Bertrand, K. H. Bhimani, B. Bos, A. W. Bradley, T. H. Burritt, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. H. Chu, M. L. Clark, R. J. CooperC. 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. Li, J. C. Loach, A. M. Lopez, J. M. López-Castaño, P. N. Luke, E. L. Martin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. Myslik, T. K. Oli, G. Othman, D. Peterson, W. Pettus, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, N. W. Ruof, B. Sayki, M. J. Stortini, D. Tedeschi, M. Turqueti, T. D. Van Wechel, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, H. Yaver, C. H. Yu, B. X. Zhu, S. Zimmermann

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Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator comprises two arrays of high-purity germanium detectors constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge and other physics beyond the Standard Model. Its readout electronics were designed to have low electronic noise, and radioactive backgrounds were minimized by using low-mass components and low-radioactivity materials near the detectors. This paper provides a description of all components of the Majorana Demonstrator readout electronics, spanning the front-end electronics and internal cabling, back-end electronics, digitizer, and power supplies, along with the grounding scheme. The spectroscopic performance achieved with these readout electronics is also demonstrated.

Original language	English
Article number	T05003
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	17
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05003
State	Published - May 1 2022

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract / award numbers DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC05- 00OR22725, DE-AC05-76RL0130, DE-FG02-97ER41020, DE-FG02-97ER41033, DE-FG02- 97ER41041, DE-SC0012612, DE-SC0014445, DE-SC0018060, and LANLE9BW. We acknowledge support from the Particle Astrophysics Program and Nuclear Physics Program of the National Science Foundation through grant numbers MRI-0923142, PHY-1003399, PHY-1102292, PHY-1206314, PHY-1614611, PHY-1812409, and PHY-1812356. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the U.S. Department of Energy through the LANL/LDRD Program, and through the LBNL/LDRD and PNNL/LDRD Programs for this work. We acknowledge support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, grant No. 15-02-02919. We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, funding reference number SAPIN-2017-00023, and from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund. This research used resources provided by the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and by the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility. We thank our hosts and colleagues at the Sanford Underground Research Facility for their support.

Keywords

Double-beta decay detectors
Electronic detector readout concepts (solid-state)
Front-end electronics for detector readout

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Abgrall, N., Amman, M., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Barton, C. J., Barton, P. J., Bertrand, F. E., Bhimani, K. H., Bos, B., Bradley, A. W., Burritt, T. H., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Caldwell, T. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. H., Clark, M. L., ... Zimmermann, S. (2022). The Majorana Demonstrator readout electronics system. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(5), Article T05003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05003

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