An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate

Abba, A.; Caponio, F.; Cenci, R.; Citterio, M.; Cusimano, A.; Fu, J.; Geraci, A.; Grizzuti, M.; Lusardi, N.; Marino, P.; Morello, M. J.; Neri, N.; Ninci, D.; Petruzzo, M.; Piucci, A.; Punzi, G.; Ristori, L.; Spinella, F.; Stracka, S.; Tonelli, D.; Walsh, J.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.048

Title: An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate

Abstract

Here, we present the latest results of an R&D; study for a specialized processor capable of reconstructing, in a silicon pixel detector, high-quality tracks from high-energy collision events at 40 MHz. The processor applies a highly parallel pattern-recognition algorithm inspired to quick detection of edges in mammals visual cortex. After a detailed study of a real-detector application, demonstrating that online reconstruction of offline-quality tracks is feasible at 40 MHz with sub-microsecond latency, we are implementing a prototype using common high-bandwidth FPGA devices.

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Abba, A. ^[1]; F. Bedeschi; Caponio, F. ^[1]; Cenci, R. ^[2]; Citterio, M. ^[3]; Cusimano, A. ^[1]; Fu, J. ^[3]; Geraci, A. ^[1]; Grizzuti, M. ^[1]; Lusardi, N. ^[1]; Marino, P. ^[2]; Morello, M. J. ^[2]; Neri, N. ^[3]; Ninci, D. ^[4]; Petruzzo, M. ^[5]; Piucci, A. ^[4]; Punzi, G. ^[4]; Ristori, L. ^[6]; Spinella, F. ^[7]; Stracka, S. ^[4] more »

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano (Italy); Politecnico di Milano, Milano (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy); Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy); Univ. di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano (Italy); Univ. di Milano, Milano (Italy)
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy)
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)

Publication Date:: Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1255262

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-16-184-CMS
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; 1458061

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 824; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; pattern recognition; trigger; real-time online tracking

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                    Abba, A., F. Bedeschi, Caponio, F., Cenci, R., Citterio, M., Cusimano, A., Fu, J., Geraci, A., Grizzuti, M., Lusardi, N., Marino, P., Morello, M. J., Neri, N., Ninci, D., Petruzzo, M., Piucci, A., Punzi, G., Ristori, L., Spinella, F., Stracka, S., Tonelli, D., and Walsh, J. An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Abba, A., F. Bedeschi, Caponio, F., Cenci, R., Citterio, M., Cusimano, A., Fu, J., Geraci, A., Grizzuti, M., Lusardi, N., Marino, P., Morello, M. J., Neri, N., Ninci, D., Petruzzo, M., Piucci, A., Punzi, G., Ristori, L., Spinella, F., Stracka, S., Tonelli, D., & Walsh, J. An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.048

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                    Abba, A., F. Bedeschi, Caponio, F., Cenci, R., Citterio, M., Cusimano, A., Fu, J., Geraci, A., Grizzuti, M., Lusardi, N., Marino, P., Morello, M. J., Neri, N., Ninci, D., Petruzzo, M., Piucci, A., Punzi, G., Ristori, L., Spinella, F., Stracka, S., Tonelli, D., and Walsh, J. Fri .  
"An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.048.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1255262.

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@article{osti_1255262,

  title        = {An "artificial retina" processor for track reconstruction at the full LHC crossing rate},

  author       = {Abba, A. and F. Bedeschi and Caponio, F. and Cenci, R. and Citterio, M. and Cusimano, A. and Fu, J. and Geraci, A. and Grizzuti, M. and Lusardi, N. and Marino, P. and Morello, M. J. and Neri, N. and Ninci, D. and Petruzzo, M. and Piucci, A. and Punzi, G. and Ristori, L. and Spinella, F. and Stracka, S. and Tonelli, D. and Walsh, J.},

  abstractNote = {Here, we present the latest results of an R&D; study for a specialized processor capable of reconstructing, in a silicon pixel detector, high-quality tracks from high-energy collision events at 40 MHz. The processor applies a highly parallel pattern-recognition algorithm inspired to quick detection of edges in mammals visual cortex. After a detailed study of a real-detector application, demonstrating that online reconstruction of offline-quality tracks is feasible at 40 MHz with sub-microsecond latency, we are implementing a prototype using common high-bandwidth FPGA devices.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.048},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 824,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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