학술논문

MCORD - MPD Cosmic Ray Detector a new features.
Document Type
Article
Source
EPJ Web of Conferences. 2019, Vol. 204, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 10p.
Subject
*COSMIC ray muons
*NUCLEAR counters
*CALIBRATION
*ASTROPHYSICS
*FIELD programmable gate arrays
Language
ISSN
2101-6275
Abstract
The main detector system at the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) located in Dubna, Russia is the Multi-Purpose Detector (MPD). For better calibration reason, the MPD needs an additional trigger system for an off-beam calibration of MPD sub-detectors and for rejection (veto) of cosmic muons. The system should also be useful for practical astrophysics observations of cosmic showers. The consortium NICA-PL group defines goals and basic assumptions for the MPD Cosmic Ray Detector (MCORD). This article describes the conceptual design and simulation plans of the MCORD detector based on plastic scintillators with SiPM photodetectors and electronic digital system based on the MicroTCA crate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]