Proposed level-3 trigger system for STAR

C. Adler, J. Berger, M. Demello, D. Flierl, J. Landgraf, J. S. Lange, M. J. LeVine, V. Lindenstruth, A. Ljubicic, J. Nelson, D. Roehrich, E. Schäfer, J. J. Schambach, D. Schmischke, M. W. Schulz, R. Stock, C. Struck, P. Yepes

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Abstract

The level-3 trigger system of the STAR experiment will in the final stage consist of a farm of 24 ALPHA/Linux processors, interconnected by SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface). The system will perform online tracking of Ntrack≥8000 tracks per event (Npoint≤45 per track). The track data will be transfered to a global level-3 CPU (expected data transfer rate ≈48 MB/s), performing online event analysis tasks (e.g. invariant mass reconstruction) with a design trigger input rate of R = 100 Hz (R = 20 Hz for a prototype system).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)358-361
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume47
Issue number2 I
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes
EventRT '99: 11th Conference on Real-Time (IEEE/NPSS Real-Time) - Santa Fe, NM, USA
Duration: Jun 14 1999Jun 18 1999

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