Continuous Data Acquisition for Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Neutrino Detectors Using FPGA-Based Real-Time Compression Algorithms
Liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs) have been proposed as neutrino detectors that combine both large sizes to maximize the number of neutrino interactions and detailed recording of the interaction. The readout of thousands of channels at MHz sampling rates produce images of the neutrino-nucleus interaction with millimeter-scale resolution, enabling the identification of the resulting particles and offering multiple handles to measure their energies at the expense of large data rates. Continuous acquisition of the LArTPC data is required to enable the use of high-latency triggers for capturing non-accelerator-beam events. We describe the case of the continuous readout of the MicroBooNE LArTPC, that grants the possibility of acquiring the neutrino burst from a supernova using the SNEWS (Supernova Early Warning System) alert as delayed trigger. The continuous data acquisition is accomplished by using real-time compression algorithms (zero suppression and Huffman compression) implemented in an FPGA in the readout electronics.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Organization:
- MicroBooNE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1579255
- Report Number(s):
- arXiv:1909.03038; FERMILAB-CONF-19-465-ND; oai:inspirehep.net:1752925
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2019 New York Scientific Data Summit, New York, NY, USA, 06/12-06/14/2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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