FPGA-based trigger system for the LUX dark matter experiment

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

Volumn 818, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-67

  Akerib, D S ^a,b,c   Araujo H M ^d   Bai, X ^e   Bailey, A J ^d   Balajthy, J ^f   Beltrame, P ^g   Bernard, E P ^h   Bernstein, A ⁱ   Biesiadzinski, T P ^a,b,c   Boulton, E M ^h   Bradley, A ^a   Bramante, R ^a,b,c   Cahn, S B ^h   Carmona Benitez, M C ^j   Chan, C ^k   Chapman, J J ^k   Chiller, A A ^l   Chiller, C ^l   Currie, A ^d   Cutter, J E ^m   Davison, T J R ^g   De Viveiros, L ⁿ   Dobi, A ^o   Dobson, J E Y ^p   Druszkiewicz, E ^q   Edwards, B N ^h   Faham, C H ^o   Fiorucci, S ^k   Gaitskell, R J ^k   Gehman, V M ^o   Ghag, C ^p   Gibson, K R ^a   Gilchriese, M G D ^o   Hall, C R ^f   Hanhardt, M ^e,r   Haselschwardt, S J ^j   Hertel, S A ^h,s   Hogan, D P ^s   Horn, M ^h,s   Huang, D Q ^k   Ignarra, C M ^b,c   Ihm, M ^s   Jacobsen, R G ^s   Ji, W ^a,b,c   Kazkaz, K ⁱ   Khaitan, D ^q   Knoche, R ^f   Larsen, N A ^h   Lee, C ^a,b,c   Lenardo, B G ^i,m   Lesko, K T ^o   Lindote, A ⁿ   Lopes, M I ⁿ   Malling, D C ^k   Manalaysay, A G ^m   Mannino, R L ^t   Marzioni, M F ^g   McKinsey, D N ^h,s   Mei, D M ^l   Mock, J ^u   Moongweluwan, M ^q   Morad, J A ^m   Murphy, A St J ^g   Nehrkorn, C ^j   Nelson, H N ^j   Neves, F ⁿ   O'Sullivan, K ^h,o,s   Oliver Mallory, K C ^s   Ott, R A ^m   Palladino, K J ^b,c   Pangilinan, M ^k   Pease, E K ^h   Phelps, P ^a   Reichhart, L ^p   Rhyne, C ^k   Shaw, S ^p   Shutt, T A ^a,b,c   Silva, C ⁿ   Skulski, W ^q   Solovov, V N ⁿ   Sorensen, P ^o   Stephenson, S ^m   Sumner, T J ^d   Szydagis, M ^u   Taylor, D J ^r   Taylor, W ^k   Tennyson, B P ^h   Terman, P A ^t   Tiedt, D R ^e   To, W H ^a,b,c   Tripathi, M ^m   Tvrznikova, L ^h   Uvarov, S ^m   Verbus, J R ^k   Webb, R C ^t   White, J T ^t   Whitis, T J ^a,b,c   Witherell, M S ^j   Wolfs, F L H ^q   Yin, J ^q   Young, S K ^u   Zhang, C ^l   more..

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f University of Maryland   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h Yale University   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^o LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^r South Dakota Science and Technology Authority   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

Baseline subtraction; DAQ; Dark matter detectors; DSP; FPGA; Trigger

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GALAXIES; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TRIGGER CIRCUITS;

3D LOCALIZATION; BASELINE SUBTRACTION; DARK MATTER DETECTORS; DARK MATTER PARTICLES; PULSE SHAPE CHARACTERISTIC; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; TRIGGER; TRIGGER SYSTEMS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 84959551883     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.017     Document Type: Article

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