1. The data acquisition system of the neutron time-of-flight facility n- TOF at CERN
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Abbondanno, U., Aerts, G., Alvarez-Velarde, F., Alvarez, H., Andriamonje, S., Andrzejewski, J., Badurek, G., Baumann, P., Becvar, F., Benlliure, J., Berthomieux, E., Betev, B., Calvino, P., Cano-Ott, D., Capote, R., Cennini, P., Chepel, V., Chiaveri, E., Colonna, N., Cortes, G., Cortina, D., Couture, A., Cox, J., Dababneh, S., David, S., Dolfini, R., Domingo-Pardo, C., Duran, I., Eleftheriadis, C., Embid-Segura, M., Ferrant, L., Ferrari, Anthony, Ferreira-Marques, R., Frais-Koelbl, H., Furman, W.I., Goncalves, I.F., Gonzalez-Romero, E., Goverdovski, A., Gramegna, F., Griesmayer, E., Gunsing, F., Haas, B., Haight, R., Heil, M., Herrera-Martinez, A., Isaev, S., Jericha, E., Käppeler, F., Kadi, Y., Kerveno, M., Ketlerov, V., Koehler, P.E., Konovalov, V., Kossionides, E., Krticka, M., Leeb, H., Lindote, A., Lopes, M.I., Lozano, M., Lukic, S., Marganiec, J., Marrone, S., Martinez-Val, J., Mastinu, P.F., Mengoni, A., Milazzo, P.M., Molina-Coballes, A., Moreau, C., Mosconi, M., Neves, F., Oberhummer, H., O'Brien, S., Pancin, J., Papaevangelou, T., Paradela, C., Pavlik, A., Pavlopoulos, P., Perlado, J.M., Perrot, L., Peskov, V., Plag, R., Plompen, A., Plukis, A., Poch, A., Policarpo, A., Pretel, C., Quesada, J.M., Rapp, W., Rauscher, T., Reifarth, R., Rosetti, M., Rubbia, C., Rudolf, G., Rulhusen, P., Salgado, J., Schäfer, E., Soares, J.C., Stephan, C., Tagliente, G., Tain, J.L., Tassan-Got, L., Tavora, L.M.N., Terlizzi, R., Vannini, G., Vaz, P., Ventura, A., Villamarin-Fernandez, D., Vincente-Vincente, M., Vlachoudis, V., Voss, F., Wendler, H., Wiescher, M., Wisshak, K., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GREENER - Grup de recerca d'estudis energètics i de les radiacions, U.Abbondanno, G. Aert, F.Alvarez, H.Alvarez, S.Andriamonje, J.Andrzejewski, G.Badurek, P.Baumann, F.Becvar, J. Benlliure, E. Berthomieux, B.Betev, F. Calvino, D.Cano-Ott, R.Capote, P.Cennini, V.Chepel, E.Chiaveri, N.Colonna, G.Corte, D.Cortina, A.Couture, J.Cox, S.Dababneh, S.David, R.Dolfini, C.Domingo-Pardo, I.Duran, M.Embid-Segura, L.Ferrant, A.Ferrari, R.Ferreira-Marque, H.Frais-Koelbl, W.Furman, I.Goncalve, E.Gonzalez-Romero, A.Goverdovski, F.Gramegna, E.Griesmayer, F.Gunsing, B.Haa, R.Haight, M.Heil, A.Herrera-Martinez, S.Isaev, E.Jericha, Y.Kadi, F.Kappeler, M.Kerveno, V.Ketlerov, P.E.Koehlera, V.Konovalov, M.Krticka, H.Leeb, A.Lindote, M.I.Lope, M. Lozano, S.Lukic, J.Marganiec, S.Marrone, J.Martinez-Val, P.Mastinu, A.Mengoni, P.M.Milazzo, A.Molina-Coballe, C.Moreau, M.Mosconi, F.Neve, H.Oberhummer, S.O'Brien, J.Pancin, T.Papaevangelou, C.Paradela, A.Pavlik, P.Pavlopoulo, J.M.Perlado, L.Perrot, V.Peskov, R.Plag, A.Plompen, A.Pluki, A. Poch, A.Policarpo, C.Pretel, J.M.Quesada, W. Rapp, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, M. Rosetti, C. Rubbia, G. Rudolf, P. Rullhusena, J. Salgado, E. Schaeffer, J.C. Soare, C. Stephan, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, L. Tassan-Got, L.M.N. Tavora, R. Terlizzi, G. Vannini, P. Vaz, A. Ventura, D. Villamarin-Fernandez, M. Vincente-Vincente, V. Vlachoudi, F. Vo, H. Wendler, M. Wiescher, K. Wisshak., Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and TOF
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Memory buffer register ,TheoryofComputation_COMPUTATIONBYABSTRACTDEVICES ,Radiative capture ,Computer interfaces ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,01 natural sciences ,ComputingMethodologies_ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE ,Radiació ,Nuclear physics--Experiments ,Nuclear magnetic resonance ,Data acquisition ,Neutron flux ,0103 physical sciences ,Pulse shape analysis ,Neutron ,010306 general physics ,Instrumentation ,Physics ,Large Hadron Collider ,Física [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,25.40.Lw ,25.40.Ny ,29.50.+v ,29.85.+c ,Neutron time-of-flight spectroscopy ,TheoryofComputation_GENERAL ,Dead time ,Flash-ADC ,Time of flight ,Neutron capture ,Física nuclear -- Experiments ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,business ,Computer hardware - Abstract
The n_TOF facility at CERN has been designed for the measurement of neutron capture, fission and (n; n) crosssections with high accuracy. This requires a flexible and—due to the high instantaneous neutron flux—almost dead time free data acquisition system. A scalable and versatile data solution has been designed based on 8-bit flash-ADCs with sampling rates up to 2GHz and 8 Mbyte memory buffer. The software is written in C and Cþþand is running on PCs equipped with RedHat Linux.
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- 2005