Design and performance of the DELPHI data acquisition system

Author

Adam, W. ; Adye, T. ; Albert, J.N. ; Beneteau, L. ; Bouquet, B. ; Buytaert, J. ; Camporesi, T. ; Cerrito, L. ; Charpentier, Ph ; Donszelmann, M. ; Franek, B. ; Fuster, J. ; Gaspar, C. ; Gavillet, Ph ; Giacomelli, P. ; Gopal, G. ; Goujon, G. ; Grant, A. ;

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochenergiephys., Vesterreich Akad. der Wissenschaft, Vienna, Austria

Volume

39

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

175

Abstract

The data acquisition system of the DELPHI experiment at LEP allows the recording of data from the front-end electronics of 15 different detectors housed in about 100 Fastbus crates. Each detector has the possibility of monitoring its data in parallel with the global data acquisition as well as of running in a stand-alone mode. A description is presented of the design of the system and the performance achieved so far. Emphasis is given to the readout system, and an overview is provided of the systems for control and monitoring

Keywords

data acquisition; nuclear electronics; particle detectors; physics computing; DELPHI data acquisition system; Fastbus crates; LEP; control; detector; front-end electronics; monitoring; readout system; stand-alone mode; Acceleration; Computer architecture; Counting circuits; Data acquisition; Detectors; Event detection; Hardware; Laboratories; Monitoring; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.277477

Filename

277477