• Title of article

    Data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment

  • Author/Authors

    Tishchenko، نويسنده , , V. and Battu، نويسنده , , S. and Cheekatmalla، نويسنده , , S. and Chitwood، نويسنده , , D.B. and Dhamija، نويسنده , , S. and Gorringe، نويسنده , , T.P. and Gray، نويسنده , , Nathan F. and Lynch، نويسنده , , K.R. and Logashenko، نويسنده , , I. and Rath، نويسنده , , Abigail S. and Webber، نويسنده , , D.M.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    114
  • To page
    122
  • Abstract
    We describe the data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment at Paul Scherrer Institute. The system was designed to record muon decays at rates up to 1 MHz and acquire data at rates up to 60 MB/s. The system employed a parallel network of dual-processor machines and repeating acquisition cycles of deadtime–free time segments in order to reach the design goals. The system incorporated a versatile scheme for control and diagnostics and a custom web interface for monitoring experimental conditions.
  • Keywords
    Muon lifetime , High-speed electronics , High-speed data acquisition
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2032227