The T2K near detector data acquisition systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 1800-1806

  Thorpe, M ^a   Angelsen, C ^a   Barr, G ^b   Metelko, C ^a   Nicholls, T ^a   Pearce, G ^a   West, N ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data acquisition systems; MIDAS; neutrino oscillation

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPILL; CERENKOV DETECTORS; DAQ SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; HARDWARE TRIGGER; LONG-BASELINE EXPERIMENTS; MIDAS; NEUTRINO BEAMS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; OFF-AXIS; OPERATING MODES; OPTICAL GIGABIT ETHERNET LINK; PRECISION STUDIES; REMOTE STORAGE; SECOND GENERATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ETHERNET; ETHERS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84860399432     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2141685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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