1. PHENIX on-line systems
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N. Ericson, Athanasios Petridis, X. He, S. Lin, C.L. Britton, Minghui Liu, A. Moore, Kenneth Francis Read, Yu. Efremenko, Yoshio Arai, D. E. Fields, F. Barta, Brian Cole, T. Ushiroda, B. V. Jacak, Sebastian N. White, S. Belikov, M.S. Musrock, H.D. Skank, J. Gannon, J. S. Kapustinsky, F. Heistermann, K. Ebisu, T. A. Carey, M. J. Bennett, C. Y. Chi, M. Lenz, P. Steinberg, H. Wang, M. Tamai, E. Kistenev, John Hill, K. Oyama, S. Boose, Hirohiko Sato, A.L. Wintenberg, T. C. Awes, S. S. Adler, Graham H. Turner, T. Matsumoto, Hiroaki Ohnishi, Jun Kikuchi, W. C. Chang, J. Mead, J. G. Boissevain, L. Paffrath, Jack Fried, S. Markacs, Toru Sugitate, K. El Chenawi, F Matathias, K. Katou, W. Sippach, E. J. Desmond, G. R. Young, Joakim Nystrand, T. Shiina, P. Giannotti, J.W. Walker, Agneta Oskarsson, R. Gentry, Kensuke Homma, R. Seto, J Velkovska, H. Hara, W.D. Thomas, G. C. Mishra, David Olle Rickard Silvermyr, S. Hahn, M. Hibino, Martin Purschke, C. Witzig, Michael L. Simpson, M. Van Lith, M Allen, Sean A. Kelly, P. Constantin, K. N. Barish, F. Plasil, J. Halliwell, R. Rao, F. Toldo, S. S. Ryu, D. Kotchetkov, T. Plagge, Yongsun Kim, P. W. Stankus, Takao Sakaguchi, W. Von Achen, S. Kametani, G.A. Sleege, George Davey Smith, W. A. Zajc, A. D. Frawley, Lennart Osterman, M.S. Emery, J. Harder, W. Lenz, A. Kandasamy, J. H. Kang, J. S. Haggerty, Y. Tanaka, R.A. Todd, Steven E. Skutnik, V.S Pantuev, W.L. Bryan, S. Y. Kim, Wei Xie, R. Amirikas, V. Cianciolo, Paul O'Connor, E. O'Brien, A. G. Hansen, H. Cunitz, M.M. Cafferty, L. Zhang, L. Wood, J. E. Frantz, M Muniruzzamann, J. Simon-Gillo, Y. Kamyshkov, Hideki Hamagaki, D. Engo, Melissa C. Smith, C.E Pancake, K Kurita, J Jia, Xingguo Li, K.C. Cook, Atsushi Taketani, J. P. Sullivan, Jason Newby, T.F. Gee, S. Batsouli, M. Rau, H. W. Van Hecke, A. Franz, M. Bobrek, L. Villatte, J. L. Nagle, J. G. Lajoie, L. Britton, H. A. Gustafsson, U. Jagadish, R. P. Pisani, R. E. Mischke, C. Zhang, S. Rankowitz, G.T. Alley, F. Kajihara, M. Chiu, B. K. Nandi, T. K. Hemmick, M.A. Kelley, and S.S. Frank
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Data processing ,Data collection ,Event (computing) ,business.industry ,Network packet ,Detector ,Front and back ends ,Data acquisition ,Line (text file) ,business ,Instrumentation ,Computer hardware - Abstract
The PHENIX On-Line system takes signals from the Front End Modules (FEM) on each detector subsystem for the purpose of generating events for physics analysis. Processing of event data begins when the Data Collection Modules (DCM) receive data via fiber-optic links from the FEMs. The DCMs format and zero suppress the data and generate data packets. These packets go to the Event Builders (EvB) that assemble the events in final form. The Level-1 trigger (LVL1) generates a decision for each beam crossing and eliminates uninteresting events. The FEMs carry out all detector processing of the data so that it is delivered to the DCMs using a standard format. The FEMs also provide buffering for LVL1 trigger processing and DCM data collection. This is carried out using an architecture that is pipelined and deadtimeless. All of this is controlled by the Master Timing System (MTS) that distributes the RHIC clocks. A Level-2 trigger (LVL2) gives additional discrimination. A description of the components and operation of the PHENIX On-Line system is given and the solution to a number of electronic infrastructure problems are discussed.
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- 2003