The VME based OBELIX TOF on-line system

Author

Bonaszzola, G.C. ; Bressani, T. ; Calvo, D. ; Costa, S. ; Isep, F.D. ; Feliciello, A. ; Gianotti, P. ; Marcello, S. ; Agnello, M. ; Iazzi, F. ; Minetti, B. ; Macciotta, M.P. ; Masoni, A. ; Puddu, G. ; Serci, S. ; Morando, M. ; Maron, G. ; Vedovato, G. ; F

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale, Torino Univ., Italy

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

1990

fDate

4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

319

Abstract

The OBELIX spectrometer is dedicated to meson spectroscopy and to antinucleon-nucleon and antinucleon-nucleus interaction studies. The time-of-flight (TOF) apparatus consists of two concentric arrays (30+90) of plastic scintillators. The OBELIX online architecture is designed to allow centralized data acquisition as well as independent data taking for each detector. The TOF online system is described. Software and hardware aspects are discussed. This system is being employed in test runs on the TOF apparatus and, integrated with other components of the whole detector, in beam tests

Keywords

data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; OBELIX online architecture; OBELIX spectrometer; VME based OBELIX TOF on-line system; antinucleon-nucleon; antinucleon-nucleus interaction; beam tests; centralized data acquisition; concentric arrays; hardware; meson spectroscopy; plastic scintillators; software; time-of-flight; CAMAC; Computer architecture; Computerized monitoring; Data acquisition; Detectors; Ethernet networks; Hardware; Mesons; Random access memory; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.106637

Filename

106637