The NA49 Data Acquisition System

Wolfgang Rauch; T. Alber; V. Eckardt; A. Mock; S. Schönfelder; J. Seyboth; P. Seyboth; J. Seyerlein; B. Wosiek; J. Bächler; P. Buncic; P. Foka; A. Sandoval; J. Bartke; E. Gladysz; M. Kowalski; P. Stefansky; H. Bialkowska; F. Bieser; M. Bloomer; S. I. Chase; J. W. Harris; P. Jacobs; P. G. Jones; S. Margetis; R. Morse; G. Odyniec; A. M. Poskanzer; G. Rai; H. G. Ritter; J. Schambach; H. Wiemann; R. Bock; L. Boroczky; I. Szenpetery; J. Sziklai; G. Vesztergombi; W. J. Braithwaite; D. Brinkmann; J. Eschke; M. Fuchs; M. Gazdzicki; S. Kabana; J. Y. Lee; R. Renfordt; D. Röhrich; G. Roland; R. Stock; H. Ströbele; R. Brockmann; J. G. Cramer; I. Derado; W. Dominik; J. Kosiec; W. Retyk; E. Skrzypczak; F. Eckhardt; A. Piper; F. Pühlhofer; D. Ferenc; A. Ljubicic; G. Paic; H. Fessler; H. G. Fischer; A. Kühmichel; S. Hegyi; M. Hoffmann; K. Runge; E. Schmoetten; E. Judd; J. M. Nelson; R. Zybert; K. Kadija; A. D. Panagiotou; A. Petridis; G. Vasileiadis; M. Vassiliou; H. Rothard; N. Schmitz; T. Trainor; D. Vranic; S. Wenig; J. Zimanyi; X. Z. Zhu

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The NA49 Data Acquisition System

Wolfgang Rauch, T. Alber, V. Eckardt, A. Mock, S. Schönfelder, J. Seyboth, P. Seyboth, J. Seyerlein, B. Wosiek, J. Bächler, P. Buncic, P. Foka, A. Sandoval, J. Bartke, E. Gladysz, M. Kowalski, P. Stefansky, H. Bialkowska, F. Bieser, M. BloomerS. I. Chase, J. W. Harris, P. Jacobs, P. G. Jones, S. Margetis, R. Morse, G. Odyniec, A. M. Poskanzer, G. Rai, H. G. Ritter, J. Schambach, H. Wiemann, R. Bock, L. Boroczky, I. Szenpetery, J. Sziklai, G. Vesztergombi, W. J. Braithwaite, D. Brinkmann, J. Eschke, M. Fuchs, M. Gazdzicki, S. Kabana, J. Y. Lee, R. Renfordt, D. Röhrich, G. Roland, R. Stock, H. Ströbele, R. Brockmann, J. G. Cramer, I. Derado, W. Dominik, J. Kosiec, W. Retyk, E. Skrzypczak, F. Eckhardt, A. Piper, F. Pühlhofer, D. Ferenc, A. Ljubicic, G. Paic, H. Fessler, H. G. Fischer, A. Kühmichel, S. Hegyi, M. Hoffmann, K. Runge, E. Schmoetten, E. Judd, J. M. Nelson, R. Zybert, K. Kadija, A. D. Panagiotou, A. Petridis, G. Vasileiadis, M. Vassiliou, H. Rothard, N. Schmitz, T. Trainor, D. Vranic, S. Wenig, J. Zimanyi, X. Z. Zhu

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Abstract

NA49 is a fixed-target, heavy-ion experiment at the 200 GeV/nucleon Pb beam of the SPS at CERN, expected to take data in late 1994. Because of the unprecedented number of charged particles (up to 2000) emerging from a single Pb-induced nuclear reaction at these energies, the demands on various parts of the experimental setup are extreme. For the data acquisition system a burst input data rate of 750 Mbyte/sec from more than 150,000 electronic channels has to be buffered and compressed to allow the recording of events to magnetic media at rates around 15 Mbyte/sec with reasonable effort and cost.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-36
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/23.281452
State	Published - Feb 1994
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported in part by the Bundes-ministerium fir Forschung und Technologie, Germany (Fcrdervorhaben 06WH5281, 06MR527I/TP1 06FR5231, 060F5521), the Hellenic Secretariat for Research and Technology, the Polish Committee for Scientific Research under grant 204369101, the Hungarian National Research Fund (OTKA-7330), and the Director, Ofice of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Division of Nuclear Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DEAC03-76SF00098.

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Rauch, W., Alber, T., Eckardt, V., Mock, A., Schönfelder, S., Seyboth, J., Seyboth, P., Seyerlein, J., Wosiek, B., Bächler, J., Buncic, P., Foka, P., Sandoval, A., Bartke, J., Gladysz, E., Kowalski, M., Stefansky, P., Bialkowska, H., Bieser, F., ... Zhu, X. Z. (1994). The NA49 Data Acquisition System. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 41(1), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1109/23.281452

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