OPTIMIZATION STUDIES ON READOUT ELECTRONICS FOR CLEO RING IMAGING
CHERENKOV DETECTOR
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Marina Artuso and Bayar Dambasuren (Syracuse University)

An important component of the CLEO detector is the Ring Imaging Cherenkov
Detector (RICH) that allows us to identify some key subatomic particles
that are produced in the decay of the exotic particles that we study in our
experiment.A key element of the CLEO Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector 
is its low noise readout electronics. The REU student will work with 
a team of Syracuse University scientists in a multifaceted program 
that will entail:
1- an analysis of the noise performance of this system, including a
mapping of the dead and noisy channels. 
2- a tuning of the working point of specific sectors of the readout
electronics. This work will involve calibration measurements on the
detector system and studies on control devices in the daq laboratory.
3- a study of the full electronics response to the whole range of signals
expected through a calibration sequence.

This research program involves both software and hardware components 
that can be adapted to the student's interest. Previous REU work 
and the conceptual design of the Cherenkov Ring Imaging Detector 
are documented in www.phy.syr.edu/hep.