Proton Calorimetry/Experimental Runs

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Information is available for the following experimental runs:

2021

UCLH 3rd November 2021
Experimental measurements at UCLH. Second beam test with photodiode DAQ system.
Test light output with white sheets, detector enclosure grounding and optical grease coupling.
Investigate positional and angular dependence of range reconstruction.
Measurements of 2 and 3 mm scintillator sheets
Thickness measurements of 2 mm and 3 mm thick scintillator sheets from Nuvia, stripped of black paint and then painted white.
Noise Tests of 2nd DDC232 Prototype. 22nd April.
Investigating source of electronic background noise observed in UCLH beam test.
Measure dark noise in lab/office with CMOS sensor turned on/off.
UCLH 15th April 2021
Experimental measurements at UCLH. First beam test with photodiode DAQ system.
Validate photodiode range reconstruction against CMOS sensor.
Daisy Chain Tests of 2nd DDC232 Prototype. 1st April.
Debugging daisy chain problems in the 2nd DDC232 prototype, using a board with resistors instead of photodiodes.
Daisy Chain Tests of 2nd DDC232 Prototype. 4th March.
Debugging daisy chain problems in the 2nd DDC232 prototype, using a board with resistors instead of photodiodes.

2020

Dark noise in different rooms at UCL. Nov 27th
Large statistic tests of dark noise in D27, D109 and D106.
Electronics test with large statistics. Nov 13th
Large statistic tests of photodiodes with light injected in many layers, different FSR and integration times, test mode and PD unplugged.
Home Test of Photodiodes. Nov 12th
Large statistic tests of photodiodes at home with different FSR and integration times.
Large statistics photodiode signal. Oct 23rd
LED injected light in sheet 8: different PDs arrays, integration time and full scale.
Comparison of sensor and photodiodes signal. Oct 7th
LED injected light in sheet 8: two read-out comparison.
Measurements of scintillator sheets cross talk
Cross Talk measurements.

2019

Measurements of 2 and 3 mm scintillator sheets
Thickness measurements of 2 mm and 3 mm thick scintillator sheets from Nuvia.
12th–15th April 2019
Experimental measurements at Heidelberg using range calorimeter and Proton, Helium, Carbon, Oxygen beam.
Data for PTCOPG talk.
LeCroy HDO6104 Trigger Dead-time Measurements
Summary of LeCroy HDO6104 Trigger Dead-time Measurements.

2018

16th–18th November 2018
Experimental measurements at Heidelberg using range calorimeter and Helium beam.
Single PMT module tests to provide data for HIT pCT reconstruction.
25th-26th October 2018
Experimental measurements at Birmingham using fast treatment plan verification test setup.
Improved setup from 21st February 2018 with PRaVDA module trigger output.
16th August 2018
Experimental measurements with range calorimeter using Carbon beam at MedAustron.
Range measurements from 120 to 184.5 MeV/u.
23rd March 2018
Single module calorimeter measurements to support TUWien proton CT tracker.
22nd March 2018
Experimental measurements with range calorimeter from 62 to 252 MeV.
Precision range measurements from 62 to 100 MeV.
8th-9th March 2018
First experimental measurements of the plastic scintillator range calorimeter.
Measurements at 28 and 36 MeV using ISDI sensor and Nikon DSLR.
21st February 2018
Experimental measurements at Birmingham using fast treatment plan verification test setup.
Measurements of 2 and 3 mm scintillator sheets
Thickness measurements of 2 mm and 3 mm thick scintillator sheets from Nuvia.
Plan of Action for January–March 2018
Plan of action for range calorimeter assembly and experimental tests from January to March 2018.

2017

7th September 2017
Tests of Nuvia scintillator stacks with PRaVDA CMOS pixel sensors (PRIAPUS) at the Birmingham Cyclotron with a 28 MeV beam.
10th August 2017
Tests of Nuvia scintillator stacks with PRaVDA CMOS pixel sensors (PRIAPUS).
1st-3rd March 2017
Measurements at MedAustron with longer scintillator and 252MeV beam.
Give short explanation of the purpose and results.

2016

24th-25th November 2016
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2nd-3rd August 2016
Energy-to-range calibration measurements with a calibration wheel used by physicists at Clatterbridge with detector module comprising a 2" PMT and new PS-based scintillator.
Data cross-checking measurements taken with the wheel to that taken with PMMA blocks of equivalent thickness at the same location, and further upstream at the modulator box.
Measured total dose delivered to the new PS-based scintillator for radiation damage and hardness considerations.
Recorded waveform data with new LeCroy HDO6104 oscilloscope.
Made neutron measurements with the large 8" PMT hexagonal block module.

2015

21st-22nd December 2015
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8th-9th July 2015
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2014

8th-9th December 2014
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2013

9th-10th December 2013
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