A Time-over-threshold machine: The readout integrated circuit for the BABAR Silicon Vertex Tracker

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages 289-297

  Kipnis, I ^a,b   Collins, T ^b   DeWitt, J ^e   Dow, S ^a,b   Frey, A ^e   Grillo, A ^e   Johnson, R ^e   Kroeger, W ^e   Leona, A ^c   Luo, L ^b   Mandelli, E ^c   Manfredi, P F ^c   Melani, M ^b   Momayezi, M ^b   Morsani, F ^d   Nyman, M ^b   Pedrali Noy, M ^b   Poplevin, P ^e   Spencer, E ^e   Re, V ^c   Roe, N ^b   more..

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

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EID: 33747634688     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.603658     Document Type: Article

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