FPGA-based trigger system for the LUX dark matter experiment [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2016.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy - Physical Description:
- pages 57-67 : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary:
- LUX is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber designed to detect nuclear recoils resulting from interactions with dark matter particles. Signals from the detector are processed with an FPGA-based digital trigger system that analyzes the incoming data in real-time, with just a few microsecond latency. The system enables first pass selection of events of interest based on their pulse shape characteristics and 3D localization of the interactions. It has been shown to be >99% efficient in triggering on S2 signals induced by only few extracted liquid electrons. It is continuously and reliably operating since its full underground deployment in early 2013. This document is an overview of the systems capabilities, its inner workings, and its performance.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:slac-pub-16530
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
05/01/2016.
"slac-pub-16530"
"arXiv:1511.03541"
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 818 C ISSN 0168-9002 FT
Akerib, D.; Araújo, H.; Bai, X.; Bailey, A.; Balajthy, J.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E.; Bernstein, A.; Biesiadzinski, T.; Boulton, E.; Bradley, A.; Bramante, R.; Cahn, S.; Carmona-Benitez, M.; Chan, C.; Chapman, J.; Chiller, A.; Chiller, C.; Currie, A.; Cutter, J.; Davison, T.; de Viveiros, L.; Dobi, A.; Dobson, J.; Druszkiewicz, E.; et al.
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States) - Funding Information:
- AC02-76SF00515
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