Electronics for silicon detector arrays in quasifree nuclear scattering measurements

Sammanfattning

This thesis addresses the design requirements for the frontend instrumentation used in quasifree scattering (QFS) nuclear reaction experiments. In these high-energy setups, such as (p,2p) reactions, output protons possess relativistic velocities, making traditional energy absorption spectroscopy highly difficult. To overcome this, particle energies are reconstructed by tracking the proton paths and measuring their time-of-flight through a multi-layered silicon tracking array. This work focuses specifically on the development and optimization of the analog electronics required to interface with these silicon sensors. The primary technical contribution centers on investigating analog signal conditioning architectures capable of detecting particle events and extracting high-precision timing information. By optimizing these analog frontend stages, this work directly supports the tracking accuracy and energy reconstruction capabilities necessary to study the excitation energy levels of exotic daughter nuclei.