Front end electronics and first results of the ALICE V0 detector
Por:
Zoccarato Y., Tromeur W., Aguilar S., Alfaro R., Avina, EA, Anzo A., Belmont E., Cheshkov C., Cheynis B., Combaret C., Contreras G., Cuautle E., Ducroux L., Trueba, LG, Grabski V., Grossiord, JY, Corral, GH, Martinez A., Massacrier L., Menchaca-Rocha A., Montano L.M., Paic G., Perez C., Sandoval A., Tieulent R., Paolomo, LV, Vanzetto S.
Publicada:
11 ene 2011
Resumen:
This paper gives a detailed description of the acquisition and trigger electronics especially designed for the V0 detector of ALICE at LHC. A short presentation of the detector itself is given before the description of the Front End Electronics (FEE) system, which is completely embedded within the LHC environment as far as acquisition (DAQ), trigger (CTP), and detector control (DCS) are concerned. It is able to detect on-line coincident events and to achieve charge (with a precision of 0.6 pC) and time measurements (with a precision of 100 ps). It deploys quite a simple architecture. It is however totally programmable and fully non-standard in discriminating events coming from Beam-Beam interaction and Beam-Gas background. Finally, raw data collected from the first LHC colliding beams illustrate the performance of the system. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Zoccarato Y.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Tromeur W.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Aguilar S.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Alfaro R.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Avina, EA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Anzo A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Belmont E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Cheshkov C.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Cheynis B.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Combaret C.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Contreras G.:
Centro de Investigacin y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Av. Instituto Politcnico Nacional 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, C.P. 07360, México, D.F., Mexico
Cuautle E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Ducroux L.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Trueba, LG:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Grabski V.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Martinez A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Massacrier L.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Menchaca-Rocha A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Montano L.M.:
Centro de Investigacin y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Av. Instituto Politcnico Nacional 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, C.P. 07360, México, D.F., Mexico
Paic G.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Perez C.:
Centro de Investigacin y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Av. Instituto Politcnico Nacional 2508 Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, C.P. 07360, México, D.F., Mexico
Sandoval A.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Tieulent R.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Paolomo, LV:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Vanzetto S.:
Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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