FPGA-based trigger system for the LUX dark matter experiment

被引:13
作者
Akerib, D. S. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Araujo, H. M. [4 ]
Bai, X. [5 ]
Bailey, A. J. [4 ]
Balajthy, J. [6 ]
Beltrame, P. [7 ]
Bernard, E. P. [8 ]
Bernstein, A. [9 ]
Biesiadzinski, T. P. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Boulton, E. M. [8 ]
Bradley, A. [1 ]
Bramante, R. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Cahn, S. B. [8 ]
Carmona-Benitez, M. C. [10 ]
Chan, C. [11 ]
Chapman, J. J. [11 ]
Chiller, A. A. [12 ]
Chiller, C. [12 ]
Currie, A. [4 ]
Cutter, J. E. [13 ]
Davison, T. J. R. [7 ]
de Viveiros, L. [14 ]
Dobi, A. [15 ]
Dobson, J. E. Y. [16 ]
Druszkiewicz, E. [17 ]
Edwards, B. N. [8 ]
Faham, C. H. [15 ]
Fiorucci, S. [11 ]
Gaitskell, R. J. [11 ]
Gehmang, V. M. [15 ]
Ghag, C. [16 ]
Gibson, K. R. [1 ]
Gilchriese, M. G. D. [15 ]
Hall, C. R. [6 ]
Hanhardt, M. [5 ,18 ]
Haselschwardt, S. J. [10 ]
Herter, S. A. [8 ,19 ]
Hogan, D. P. [19 ]
Horn, M. [8 ,19 ]
Huang, D. Q. [11 ]
Ignarra, C. M. [2 ,3 ]
Ihm, M. [19 ]
Jacobsen, R. G. [19 ]
Ji, W. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Kazkaz, K. [9 ]
Khaitang, D. [17 ]
Knoche, R. [6 ]
Larsen, N. A. [8 ]
Lee, C. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Lenardo, B. G. [9 ,13 ]
机构
[1] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Phys, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[2] SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Pk, CA 94205 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
[4] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, High Energy Phys, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
[5] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, 501 East St Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[6] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[7] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Phys & Astron, SUPA, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, Midlothian, Scotland
[8] Yale Univ, Dept Phys, 217 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
[9] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
[10] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[11] Brown Univ, Dept Phys, 182 Hope St, Providence, RI 02912 USA
[12] Univ S Dakota, Dept Phys, 414E Clark St, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
[13] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[14] Univ Coimbra, Dept Phys, LIP Coimbra, Rua Larga, P-3004516 Coimbra, Portugal
[15] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[16] UCL, Dept Phys & Astron, London WC1E 6BT, England
[17] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[18] South Dakota Sci & Technol Author, Sanford Underground Res Facil, Lead, SD 57754 USA
[19] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[20] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[21] SUNY Albany, Dept Phys, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
Trigger; Dark matter detectors; DSP; FPGA; DAQ; Baseline subtraction;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.017
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
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. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:57 / 67
页数:11
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