The DAMA Laboratory is located in the ground floor of the INPP Tandem building and occupies an area of about 60 m<sup>2</sup>. The main infrastructure is shown below:
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<h3><strong>THREE FULLY EQUIPPED TEST </strong><strong>BENCHES FOR STUDYING MPGDs</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Gas distribution,</li>
<li>Electronics Racks with NIM modules, HV modules, preamplifiers, amplifiers etc</li>
<li>Oscilloscopes</li>
<li>Workstations</li>
<li>Radioactive sources</li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>GAS MIXER and distribution of premixed gases</strong></h2>
<h3><strong>ELECTRONICS AND DAQ SYSTEMS</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>VME Data Acquisition (CAEN controller, optical fiber connection</li>
<li>CRAMS, sequencer, ADC unit, Gate generator, etc)</li>
<li>SRS – Scalable Readout System (APV FE, 2000 channels readout)</li>
<li>FEMINOS readout for TPC mode</li>
<li>Electronics: Racks (1 VME and 4 NIM crates), NIM units</li>
<li>(Multifunction NIM modules, Amplifiers, Discrim., HV, LV PS</li>
<li>Pulse generators, NIM/ TTL/ NIM converter etc), MCAs (2), Preamps</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>DESIGN PACKAGES</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Electronics design packages</li>
<li>Finite Element Analysis</li>
<li>DAQ software (Labview, C++)</li>
<li>FPGA (Altera, Xilinx) design workstations</li>
<li>FPGA Design platforms</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>CLEAN ROOM</strong></h3>
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<li><strong>(</strong>12 m<sup>2</sup> – two rooms Class 10,000 and Class 100,000)</li>
<li>Microscope</li>
</ul>
The DAMA Instrumentation Laboratory
The Data Acquisition Monitoring and Analysis (DAMA) instrumentation Laboratory aims at:
- Innovative R&D on Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors – MPGDs
- Development of MPGD related electronics and DAQ systems
- Dedicated detectors for HEP, Nuclear Physics and applications
DAMA operates since 2000 and its main emphasis is the development of innovative MPGD and in particular Micromegas detectors.
DAMA was the first Laboratory to introduce the Micromegas technology in Greece (2001), promoted their use to the Greek academic community and initiated the most established to date biennial International Conference on MPGDs: “1st International Conference on Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors – MPGD2009”, Kolympari, Crete and was followed by MPGD2011, Kobe, Japan, MPGD2013, Zaragoza, Spain, MPGD2015, Trieste, Italy, MPGD2017, Philadelphia, USA and MPGD2019, La Rochelle, France.