DocumentCode
2623360
Title
The NA62 Liquid Krypton calorimeter data acquisition upgrade
Author
Hallgren, Bjorn ; Ceccucci, Augusto ; Piccini, Mauro ; Wendler, Helmut
Author_Institution
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CH 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
fYear
2008
fDate
19-25 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
2253
Lastpage
2257
Abstract
The NA62 experiment at CERN, aiming to start data taking in 2011, intends to measure the branching ratio of extremely rare kaon decays. The existing Liquid Krypton (LKr) calorimeter of the NA48 experiment will play an essential role in the new experiment. For this reason a program for the consolidation of the LKr read-out system was launched in 2006. The first part of the program consists of updating the existing data acquisition system to a modern more reliable technology using Gigabit Ethernet and PC-farm. In the second stage the readout event rate has to be increased from 13 kHz to 1 MHz. Methods to do this, while keeping much of the existing analog system, are discussed.
Keywords
Costs; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Measurement standards; Mesons; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Nuclear measurements; Particle beams; Physics; Pulse amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location
Dresden, Germany
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774802
Filename
4774802
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