The MINOS data acquisition system

被引:10
作者
Belias, A [1 ]
Crone, GJ
Harris, EF
Howcroft, C
Madani, S
Nicholls, TC
Pearce, GE
Reyna, DE
Tagg, N
Thomson, MA
机构
[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, CCLRC, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[2] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
[3] Univ Sussex, Dept Phys & Astron, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex, England
[4] Univ Cambridge, Dept Phys, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
[5] Argonne Natl Lab, Div High Energy Phys, Argonne, IL 60439 USA
[6] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
关键词
data acquisition; data buses; computer networks; programming;
D O I
10.1109/TNS.2004.828518
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The MINOS long-baseline neutrino experiment consists of two detectors separated by 730 km. Both are equipped with identical data acquisition (DAQ) systems, based on continuous, dead time free readout. Data are read from the untriggered front-end electronics by VME single board computers and transferred across high-speed PCI data links for consolidation by data routing processors. An array of Linux computers selects events of interest using software-based trigger algorithms. We present the design of the DAQ system and report on experience gathered during early operation of the experiment.
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页数:5
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