The MINOS data acquisition system

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 451-455

  Belias, A ^a   Crone, G J ^b   Harris, E Falk ^c   Howcroft, C ^d   Madani, S ^a   Nicholls, T C ^a   Pearce, G R ^a   Reyna, D E ^e   Tagg, N ^f   Thomson, M A ^d  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Data acquisition; Data buses; Programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARRAYS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; ROUTERS;

DATA BUSES; PARTICLE FLUX; SCINTILLATOR STRIPS; UNDERGROUND DETECTORS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 3342876836     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.828518     Document Type: Conference Paper

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