Published December 2013 | Version v1
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RCU2 — The ALICE TPC readout electronics consolidation for Run2

Creators

  • 1. Bergen University College, P.O. Box 7030, NO-5020 Bergen (Norway)
  • 2. Goethe University Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 31, 60325 Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  • 3. Vestfold University College, Postboks 2243, NO-3103 TØnsberg (Norway)
  • 4. University of Lund, Box 117, 221 00 LUND (Sweden)
  • 5. CERN, CH-1211, Genève 23 (Switzerland)
  • 6. Cerntech, Petzvál J. u. 44, H-1119 Budapest (Hungary)
  • 7. University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 8. GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad (Pakistan)
  • 10. University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048, Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo (Norway)
  • 11. University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen (Norway)

Description

This paper presents the solution for optimization of the ALICE TPC readout for running at full energy in the Run2 period after 2014. For the data taking with heavy ion beams an event readout rate of 400 Hz with a low dead time is envisaged for the ALICE central barrel detectors during these three years. A new component, the Readout Control Unit 2 (RCU2), is being designed to increase the present readout rate by a factor of up to 2.6. The immunity to radiation induced errors will also be significantly improved by the new design

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12032

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12032;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. C12032
ISSN
1748-0221

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46042052
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ALICE; BEAMS; CONTROL; DEAD TIME; DESIGN; ERRORS; HEAVY IONS; IMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; READOUT SYSTEMS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; DRIFT CHAMBERS; IONS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TIMING PROPERTIES