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The data acquisition system of the OPAL detector at LEP

Authors :
P. Farthouat
R. P. Middleton
P. Scharff-Hansen
W. Gorn
M. Jimack
R. E. Hughes-Jones
F. X. Gentit
N. I. Geddes
P. S. Wells
N. K. Watson
T. Tsukamoto
A. J. Martin
G. P. Siroli
Berry Holl
S. Wotton
Randall Sobie
F. Lamarche
R. Humbert
P. Schenk
Claus Kleinwort
B. P. O'Neill
John Hart
O. Schaile
Alessandro Montanari
R. W. L. Jones
C. Fukunaga
J. P. Martin
John Hill
P. Le Du
H. von der Schmitt
H. J. Burckhart
R. Shypit
P.A. Elcombe
C. N. P. Gee
Lorne Levinson
Frans Meijers
G. Quast
John Baines
Stephen Hillier
Alan Watson
G. Crone
D. Strom
Wolfram Dietrich Zeuner
F. Beck
D. G. Charlton
R. Cranfield
Peter Sherwood
R. W. Springer
Daniel Lellouch
J. Raab
Dave Robinson
T. J. Smith
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 325:271-293
Publication Year :
1993
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1993.

Abstract

This report describes the 1991 implementation of the data acquisition system of the OPAL detector at LEP including the additional services and infrastructure necessary for its correct and reliable operation. The various tasks in this “on-line” environment are distributed amongst many VME subsystems, workstations and minicomputers which communicate over general purpose local area networks and special purpose buses. The tasks include data acquisition, control, monitoring, calibration and event reconstruction. The modularity of both hardware and software facilitates the upgrading of the system to meet new requirements.

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
325
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8694b52e7f86b4d6e41df8258a1788de