A vertex trigger based on cylindrical multiwire proportional chambers

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 586, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-203

  Becker, J ^a   Bosiger K ^a   Lindfeld, L ^a   Muller K ^a   Robmann, P ^a   Schmitt, S ^a   Schmitz, C ^a   Steiner, S ^a   Straumann, U ^a   Szeker, K ^a   Truol P ^a   Urban, M ^a   Vollhardt, A ^a   Werner, N ^a   Baumeister, D ^b   Lochner S ^b   Hildebrandt, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ASIC; FPGA; H1; HERA; MWPC; Trigger

Indexed keywords

COLLIDING BEAM ACCELERATORS; COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; ELECTRONS; LUMINANCE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PROTONS;

CYLINDRICAL MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; PROTON SCATTERING; VERTEX TRIGGER;

TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

EID: 39049147506     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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