The CDF data acquisition system for Tevatron Run II

Conference · Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:785039

Meyer, Arnd

The CDF experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron has been significantly upgraded for the collider Run II, which started in March 2001 and is scheduled to last until 2006. Instantaneous luminosities of 10{sup 32} cm{sup -2} s{sup -1} and above are expected. A data acquisition system capable of efficiently recording the data has been one of the most critical elements of the upgrade. Key figures are the ability to deal with the short bunch spacing of 132 ns, event sizes of the order of 250 kB, and permanent logging of 20 MB/s. The design of the system and experience from the first months of data-taking operation are discussed.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 785039
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-Conf-01/242-E; TRN: US0108322
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Conference on Computing in High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics, (CHEP01), Beijing (CN), 09/03/2001--09/07/2001; Other Information: PBD: 27 Aug 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
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FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR
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