Data acquisition for FNAL E665

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5945131

Geesaman, D F; Green, M C; Kaufman, S; Tentindo-Repond, S; Bartlett, J F; Melanson, H L; Petravick, D; Michael, D G; McLeod, D; Vidal, M

The data acquisition system for FNAL E665, an experiment to study deep inelastic muon scattering from nucleons and nuclei, is described. The system is built with the FNAL VAXONLINE and RSX DA building blocks. The structure, capabilities and limitations for data flow, control and monitoring are discussed. 20 refs., 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38; AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 5945131
• Report Number(s): CONF-890545-7; ON: DE89015697
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. conference on real-time computer applications in nuclear, particle and plasma physics, Williamsburg, VA, USA, 15-18 May 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
CAMAC SYSTEM
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
DEEP INELASTIC SCATTERING
MONITORING
MUON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PERFORMANCE
INELASTIC SCATTERING
INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
SCATTERING
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