Author :
Armstrong, S. ; Baines, J.T. ; Bee, C.P. ; Biglietti, M. ; Bogaerts, A. ; Boisvert, V. ; Bosman, M. ; Brandt, Scott ; Caron, B. ; Casado, P. ; Cataldi, G. ; Cavalli, D. ; Cervetto, M. ; Comune, G. ; Corso-Radu, A. ; Di Mattia, A. ; Gomez, M.D. ; dos Anjos
Author_Institution :
ATLAS High-Level Trigger Group, PH Dept., Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
Following rigorous software design and analysis methods, an object-based architecture has been developed to derive the second- and third-level trigger decisions for the future ATLAS detector at the LHC. The functional components within this system responsible for generating elements of the trigger decisions are algorithms running within the software architecture. Relevant aspects of the architecture are reviewed along with concrete examples of specific algorithms and their performance in "vertical" slices of various physics selection strategies.
Keywords :
high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; reviews; software architecture; trigger circuits; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Large Hadron Collider; Particle tracking; Radiation detectors; Sampling methods; Semiconductor radiation detectors; Solenoids; Superconducting magnets;