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@article{Abe:2025:10/p10030,
author = {Abe, S and Alarakia-Charles, H and Alekseev, I and Alt, C and Arai, T and Arihara, T and Arimoto, S and Artikov, AM and Awataguchi, Y and Babu, N and Baranov, V and Barr, G and Barrow, D and Bartoszek, L and Bernardi, L and Berns, L and Bhattacharjee, S and Boikov, AV and Blanchet, A and Blondel, A and Bonnemaison, A and Bordoni, S and Bui, MH and Bui, TH and Cadoux, F and Cap, S and Cauchois, A and Chakrani, J and Chong, PS and Chvirova, A and Collard, P and Danilov, M and Davis, C and Davouloury, V and Davydov, YI and Dergacheva, A and Domangue, C and Douqa, D and Doyle, TA and Drapier, O and Eguchi, A and Elias, J and Erofeev, G and Favre, Y and Fedorova, D and Fedotov, S and Ferlewicz, D and Fujii, Y and Fujita, R and Furui, Y and Gastaldi, F and Gendotti, A and Germer, A and Giannessi, L and Giganti, C and Glagolev, V and Guillaumat, R and Ha, G and Hastings, NC and Heitkamp, I and Hu, J and Husi, C and Ichikawa, AK and Ishida, TH and Izmaylov, A and Iwamoto, K and Jakkapu, M and },
doi = {10/p10030},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
title = {Introducing a Markov chain-based time calibration procedure for multi-channel particle detectors: application to the SuperFGD and ToF detectors of the T2K experiment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/10/p10030},
volume = {20},
year = {2025}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - Inter-channel mis-synchronisation can be a limiting factor to the time resolution of high performance timing detectors with multiple readout channels and independent electronics units. In these systems, time calibration methods employed must be able to efficiently correct for minimal mis-synchronisation between channels and achieve the best detector performance. We present an iterative time calibration method based on Markov Chains, suitable for detector systems with multiple readout channels. Starting from correlated hit pairs alone, and without requiring an external reference time measurement, the method solves for fixed per-channel offsets, with precision limited only by the intrinsic single-channel resolution. A mathematical proof that the method is able to find the correct time offsets to be assigned to each detector channel in order to achieve inter-channel synchronisation is given, and it is shown that the number of iterations to reach convergence within the desired precision is controllable with a single parameter. Numerical studies are used to confirm unbiased recovery of true offsets. Finally, the application of the calibration method to the Super Fine-Grained Detector (SuperFGD) and the Time of Flight (TOF) detector at the upgraded T2K near detector (ND280) shows good improvement in overall timing resolution, demonstrating the effectiveness in a real-world scenario and scalability.
AU - Abe,S
AU - Alarakia-Charles,H
AU - Alekseev,I
AU - Alt,C
AU - Arai,T
AU - Arihara,T
AU - Arimoto,S
AU - Artikov,AM
AU - Awataguchi,Y
AU - Babu,N
AU - Baranov,V
AU - Barr,G
AU - Barrow,D
AU - Bartoszek,L
AU - Bernardi,L
AU - Berns,L
AU - Bhattacharjee,S
AU - Boikov,AV
AU - Blanchet,A
AU - Blondel,A
AU - Bonnemaison,A
AU - Bordoni,S
AU - Bui,MH
AU - Bui,TH
AU - Cadoux,F
AU - Cap,S
AU - Cauchois,A
AU - Chakrani,J
AU - Chong,PS
AU - Chvirova,A
AU - Collard,P
AU - Danilov,M
AU - Davis,C
AU - Davouloury,V
AU - Davydov,YI
AU - Dergacheva,A
AU - Domangue,C
AU - Douqa,D
AU - Doyle,TA
AU - Drapier,O
AU - Eguchi,A
AU - Elias,J
AU - Erofeev,G
AU - Favre,Y
AU - Fedorova,D
AU - Fedotov,S
AU - Ferlewicz,D
AU - Fujii,Y
AU - Fujita,R
AU - Furui,Y
AU - Gastaldi,F
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AU - Germer,A
AU - Giannessi,L
AU - Giganti,C
AU - Glagolev,V
AU - Guillaumat,R
AU - Ha,G
AU - Hastings,NC
AU - Heitkamp,I
AU - Hu,J
AU - Husi,C
AU - Ichikawa,AK
AU - Ishida,TH
AU - Izmaylov,A
AU - Iwamoto,K
AU - Jakkapu,M
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DO - 10/p10030
PY - 2025///
SN - 1748-0221
TI - Introducing a Markov chain-based time calibration procedure for multi-channel particle detectors: application to the SuperFGD and ToF detectors of the T2K experiment
T2 - Journal of Instrumentation
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/10/p10030
UR - https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/10/p10030
VL - 20
ER -