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The High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment (HELIX) is a multi-phase balloon-borne experiment that aims to measure the isotopic abundance of cosmic-rays with energies between approximately 0.2-10 GeV/n. The time-of-flight (TOF) system, one of HELIX’s subdetectors, was used to measure the charge and velocity of nuclei passing through with energies of up to 1 GeV/n. The top and bottom of the TOF are each made up of eight scintillating paddles with eight silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) at each end. Data from groups of four SiPMs are read by front end electronics (FEE) which provide information on the charge and timing of the cosmic rays passing through. This presentation will focus on the charge calibrations performed on the data with a goal of uniformly detecting each cosmic ray passing through the TOF system to obtain accurate charge measurements throughout the detector.
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