| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8176979 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2014 | 33 Pages |
Abstract
We describe in detail the design considerations for these systems handling the extreme data throughput resulting from central lead ions collisions at LHC energy. The implementation of the resulting requirements into hardware (custom optical links and commercial computing equipment), infrastructure (racks, cooling, power distribution, control room), and software led to many innovative solutions which are described together with a presentation of all the major components of the systems, as currently realized. We also report on the performance achieved during the first period of data taking (from 2009 to 2013) often exceeding those specified in the DAQ Technical Design Report.
Keywords
DAQDDDSANTRGRCTCTPEDDRORCSMIDMALDCGDCQGPDQMALICEBISTSIUEDMTDSNTPAPIDSSACTTTCPDSSSHDCsCVSECsDIUHLTDIMFront-end electronicsData acquisitionDatabaseLHCLarge Hadron ColliderDateDirect memory accessDDLHuman interfaceApplication programming interfaceGraphical user interfaceGUIBuilt-in self-testHardwareCERNdistributed information systemData acquisition systemTrigger systemDetector control systemStorage area networkSoftwareFEEHomerquark-gluon plasmaCASTORmissing
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Authors
F. Carena, W. Carena, S. Chapeland, V. Chibante Barroso, F. Costa, E. Dénes, R. Divià , U. Fuchs, A. Grigore, T. Kiss, G. Simonetti, C. Soós, A. Telesca, P. Vande Vyvre, B. von Haller, For the ALICE Collaboration For the ALICE Collaboration,