A synchronization method for the multi-channel silicon telescope

TL;DR

This paper introduces a simple off-line synchronization method for multi-channel silicon telescope data, combining internal strip synchronization with external timing references to improve data alignment accuracy.

Contribution

It presents a novel approach that integrates multiple synchronization constraints, enhancing the accuracy of multi-channel data alignment in silicon telescopes.

Findings

Effective synchronization achieved using combined internal and external references.

Minimal constraints may be insufficient, necessitating comprehensive data sources.

Method improves data coherence in multi-channel silicon telescope recordings.

Abstract

A simple method is presented for the simultaneous off-line synchronization of the digitally recorded data-streams from a multi-channel silicon telescope. The method is based both on the synchronization between the separate pairs of silicon strips and on the synchronization relative to an external timing device. Though only a reduced subset of these constraints is necessary in ideal circumstances, it is shown that this minimal set of conditions may not be sufficient for adequate synchronization in all cases. All available sources of information are therefore considered, in order to constrain the final synchronization as well as possible.