Data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment

V. Tishchenko; S. Battu; S. Cheekatmalla; D. B. Chitwood; S. Dhamija; T. P. Gorringe; F. Gray; K. R. Lynch; I. Logashenko; S. Rath; D. M. Webber

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.121

Data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment

V. Tishchenko, S. Battu, S. Cheekatmalla, D. B. Chitwood, S. Dhamija, T. P. Gorringe, F. Gray, K. R. Lynch, I. Logashenko, S. Rath, D. M. Webber

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Abstract

We describe the data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment at Paul Scherrer Institute. The system was designed to record muon decays at rates up to 1 MHz and acquire data at rates up to 60 MB/s. The system employed a parallel network of dual-processor machines and repeating acquisition cycles of deadtime-free time segments in order to reach the design goals. The system incorporated a versatile scheme for control and diagnostics and a custom web interface for monitoring experimental conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	114-122
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	592
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.121
State	Published - Jul 11 2008

Keywords

High-speed data acquisition
High-speed electronics
Muon lifetime

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Tishchenko, V., Battu, S., Cheekatmalla, S., Chitwood, D. B., Dhamija, S., Gorringe, T. P., Gray, F., Lynch, K. R., Logashenko, I., Rath, S., & Webber, D. M. (2008). Data acquisition system for the MuLan muon lifetime experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 592(1-2), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.121

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