基于 FPGA 的 LUX 暗物质实验触发系统
仪器与探测器
2016-03-23 v2
摘要
LUX 是一个两相（液/气）氙时间投影室，旨在探测由与暗物质粒子相互作用产生的核反冲。来自探测器的信号通过基于 FPGA 的数字触发系统进行处理，该系统以仅几微秒的延迟实时分析输入数据。该系统基于脉冲形状特征和相互作用的 3D 定位实现对感兴趣事件的初次筛选。已证明其对仅由少数提取的液体电子诱导的 S2 信号触发的效率 >99%。自 2013 年初完全地下部署以来，它持续可靠运行。本文档概述了该系统的能力、内部工作机制及其性能。
引用
@article{arxiv.1511.03541,
title = {FPGA-based Trigger System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment},
author = {D. S. Akerib and H. M. Araujo and X. Bai and A. J. Bailey and J. Balajthy and P. Beltrame and E. P. Bernard and A. Bernstein and T. P. Biesiadzinski and E. M. Boulton and A. Bradley and R. Bramante and S. B. Cahn and M. C. Carmona-Benitez and C. Chan and J. J. Chapman and A. A. Chiller and C. Chiller and A. Currie and J. E. Cutter and T. J. R. Davison and L. de Viveiros and A. Dobi and J. E. Y. Dobson and E. Druszkiewicz and B. N. Edwards and C. H. Faham and S. Fiorucci and R. J. Gaitskell and V. M. Gehman and C. Ghag and K. R. Gibson and M. G. D. Gilchriese and C. R. Hall and M. Hanhardt and S. J. Haselschwardt and S. A. Hertel and D. P. Hogan and M. Horn and D. Q. Huang and C. M. Ignarra and M. Ihm and R. G. Jacobsen and W. Ji and K. Kazkaz and D. Khaitan and R. Knoche and N. A. Larsen and C. Lee and B. G. Lenardo and K. T. Lesko and A. Lindote and M. I. Lopes and D. C. Malling and A. G. Manalaysay and R. L. Mannino and M. F. Marzioni and D. N. McKinsey and D. -M. Mei and J. Mock and M. Moongweluwan and J. A. Morad and A. St. J. Murphy and C. Nehrkorn and H. N. Nelson and F. Neves and K. O'Sullivan and K. C. Oliver-Mallory and R. A. Ott and K. J. Palladino and M. Pangilinan and E. K. Pease and P. Phelps and L. Reichhart and C. Rhyne and S. Shaw and T. A. Shutt and C. Silva and W. Skulski and V. N. Solovov and P. Sorensen and S. Stephenson and T. J. Sumner and M. Szydagis and D. J. Taylor and W. Taylor and B. P. Tennyson and P. A. Terman and D. R. Tiedt and W. H. To and M. Tripathi and L. Tvrznikova and S. Uvarov and J. R. Verbus and R. C. Webb and J. T. White and T. J. Whitis and M. S. Witherell and F. L. H. Wolfs and M. Yen and J. Yin and S. K. Young and C. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.03541},
year = {2016}
}
备注
11 pages, 26 figures, added some key points to the abstract, and conclusions, no change in results, accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A