Title :
MuSyC: A software package for the time alignment of the LHCb Muon System
Author :
Berutti, Riccardo ; Cadeddu, Sandro ; Deplano, Caterina ; Lai, Adriano ; Passaleva, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari
fDate :
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Abstract :
The LHCb muon system consists of 122000 front- end channels, which require being time-aligned within about 2 ns for proper operation of the experiment trigger. We describe a program which, on the base of the information acquired directly from detector, is able to calculate all the time parameters (programmable delay settings) to be loaded at different stages of the system in order to fix the necessary system calibration. The same criteria and similar procedures are also used to monitor the correct system time behavior during data-taking.
Keywords :
calibration; high energy physics instrumentation computing; muon detection; nuclear electronics; software packages; LHCb muon system; MuSyC program; front-end channels; muon detectors; muon system electronics; software package; system calibration; time alignment; Calibration; Delay effects; Detectors; Helium; Mesons; Monitoring; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Software packages; Telephony; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436377
