학술논문
The read-out processors of the Aleph time projection chamber and their performance
Document Type
Periodical
Author
Blucher, E.; Fagerstrom, J.; Haywood, S.; Larsson, U.; Lehraus, I.; Loefstedt, B.; Lohse, T.; May, J.; Minten, A.; Richstein, J.; Richter, W.; Roth, A.; Schlatter, D.; Stefanini, G.; Tejessy, W.; Takashima, M.; Wiedenmann, W.; Witzeling, W.; Vayaki, A.; Halley, A.; Barczewski, T.; Bauerdick, L.A.T.; Kasemann, M.; Roehn, S.; Schmelling, M.; Steeg, F.; Blum, W.; Jahn, A.; Richter, R.; Settles, R.; Thomas, J.; Amendolia, S.R.; Fidecaro, F.; Galeotti, S.; Lusiani, A.; Marrocchesi, P.S.; Morsani, F.; Passuello, D.; Salvadori, P.; Ciocci, M.A.; Gobbo, B.; Milotti, E.; Rolandi, L.; Bellantoni, L.; Boudreau, J.; Cinabro, D.; Conway, J.; Conwery, M.; Cowen, D.F.; Jared, R.C.; Johnson, R.; LeClaire, B.; Pater, J.; Wear, J.; Wu, S.L.; Xue, S.
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on. 37(3):1210-1215 Jun, 1990
Subject
Language
ISSN
0018-9499
1558-1578
1558-1578
Abstract
The Aleph detector is installed on the LEP electron-positron storage ring. Its central tracking detector, a time projection chamber (TPC), has about 50000 channels of sampling electronics. The digitized signals are processed by 72 double-width Fastbus modules built around an MC 68020 processor. The time projection processor is described, and the solutions, both hardware and software, adopted to run and manage such a complex system in a Fastbus-VAX environment are discussed. Practical experience with the system is reported.ETX