An FPGA-based trigger system for the search of μ+→ e+ + γ decay in the MEG experiment

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Galli, L ^a   Cei, F ^a,b   Galeotti, S ^a   Magazzu C ^a   Morsani, F ^a   Nicolo D ^a,b   Signorelli, G ^a   Grassi, M ^a  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital electronic circuits; Trigger concepts and systems (hardware and software)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EVENT RECONSTRUCTION; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; REAL TIME PROCESSORS; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; WAVEFORM PROCESSING;

EXPERIMENTS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

HARDWARE;

EID: 84878473490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/P01008     Document Type: Article

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