diff --git a/presentations/2022-02-03_group_meeting/2022-02-03_group_meeting.tex b/presentations/2022-02-03_group_meeting/2022-02-03_group_meeting.tex index e3bd1dd..e447bb1 100644 --- a/presentations/2022-02-03_group_meeting/2022-02-03_group_meeting.tex +++ b/presentations/2022-02-03_group_meeting/2022-02-03_group_meeting.tex @@ -32,10 +32,24 @@ \begin{document} \frame{\titlepage} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + \section{Timing Mechanisms in Detectors} \begin{frame}{Timing Mechanisms} - \begin{block}{Timing Mechanisms} + \begin{block}{Why improve timing accuracy?} + \begin{itemize} + \item Better statistics (narrow down direction of air showers) + \item Interferometry + \end{itemize} + \end{block} + \begin{block}{Strategy} + \begin{itemize} + \item Simulations for synchronisation techniques + \item Characterising current methods + \end{itemize} + \end{block} +\end{frame} +\begin{frame}{Characterising current methods} + \begin{block}{Current Timing Methods} \begin{itemize} \item GNSS (online) \item Beacon (offline) @@ -43,18 +57,11 @@ \end{block} \vspace{2em} \begin{itemize} + \item GPS Accuracy $\leq 30 \mathrm{ns}$ for $95$\% time (often better) + \item Total time accuracy in the order of 5 -- 10~ns \item More accurate reference timing needed to characterise/improve current mechanisms. \end{itemize} -\end{frame} -%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\subsection{GNSS} -\begin{frame}{Timing Mechanisms: GNSS} - \begin{block}{} - \begin{itemize} - \item Accuracy $\sim 5 ns$ - \end{itemize} - \end{block} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%% @@ -64,7 +71,7 @@ \item Beating between frequency signals indicate timing \item PA: located in physics band $\mapsto$ offline analysis, \\ corrects for GPS drift. - \item different frequency responses for antenna models + \item different frequency responses for antenna models and directions \end{itemize} \begin{columns} \begin{column}{.5\textwidth} @@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ \hspace{-2em} u(t) = \exp(i2\pi ft + \phi_t) \xrightarrow{\mathrm{Fourier\; Transform}} f', \phi_f \end{equation*} - \begin{block}{Discrete} + \begin{block}{Discrete Fourier Transform} \begin{equation*} N_\mathrm{required} := f_\mathrm{sample\_rate} / f_\mathrm{signal} \end{equation*}