Effects of high-energy particle showers on the embedded front-end electronics of an electromagnetic calorimeter for a future lepton collider

TL;DR

This study demonstrates that embedded ASIC readout electronics in electromagnetic calorimeters for future lepton colliders are not significantly affected by high-energy particle showers, ensuring reliable detector performance.

Contribution

The paper provides experimental evidence that embedded ASICs are resistant to noise and false signals from electromagnetic showers in calorimeter environments.

Findings

No increase in noise pattern observed during exposure.

Faked signal frequency below 10^{-5} at 95% confidence level.

Embedding electronics does not compromise calorimeter performance.

Abstract

Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ASICs, similar to those envisaged for the readout electronics of the central calorimeters of detectors for a future lepton collider have been exposed to high-energy electromagnetic showers. A salient feature of these calorimeters is that the readout electronics will be embedded into the calorimeter layers. In this article it is shown that interactions of shower particles in the volume of the readout electronics do not alter the noise pattern of the ASICs. No signal at or above the MIP level has been observed during the exposure. The upper limit at the 95% confidence level on the frequency of faked signals is smaller than 1x10^{-5} for a noise threshold of about 60% of a MIP. For ASICs with similar design to those which were tested, it can thus be largely excluded that the embedding of the electronics into the calorimeter layers compromises the performance of the calorimeters.