• DocumentCode
    1070471
  • Title

    The data merger readout controller for the NA48 experiment data acquisition electronics

  • Author

    Galagedera, S.B. ; Brierton, B. ; Halsall, R. ; Moss, C. ; Perera, V.J.O. ; Quinton, S.P.H. ; Watt, M. ; Boyle, O. ; Main, A. ; Mckay, N. ; Peach, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1707
  • Lastpage
    1711
  • Abstract
    The NA48 experiment offers a four fold improvement in statistical and systematic error over earlier measurements of the magnitude of the direct CP (Charge-Parity) violation of the neutral Kaon system. This requires maximum event readout efficiency, controlled event building and fast monitoring of run time errors. The event data flow in particular must be sustained at 100 Mbyte/s. The Data Merger Readout Controller presented in this paper offers this facility at minimal production cost
  • Keywords
    data acquisition; detector circuits; high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; NA48 experiment data acquisition electronics; controlled event building; data merger readout controller; event data flow; maximum event readout efficiency; run time errors; Backplanes; Buffer storage; Clocks; Corporate acquisitions; Current measurement; Data acquisition; Delta modulation; Laboratories; Mesons; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.507175
  • Filename
    507175