Published December 2011 | Version v1
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First measurement of single event upsets in the readout control FPGA of the ALICE TPC detector

Creators

  • 1. University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7800, NO-5020 Bergen (Norway)
  • 2. Bergen University College, P.O. Box 7030, NO-5020 Bergen (Norway)
  • 3. Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Planckstr. 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 4. CERN, CH-1211, Genève 23 (Switzerland)

Description

This paper presents the first measurement of Single Event Upsets (SEUs) in the configuration memory of the readout control FPGA of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber. The measurements have been performed during pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of (S)1/2 = 7 TeV in the period from May to August 2011. A linear dependence was observed between the number of SEUs and the luminosity seen by ALICE. In addition the spatial distribution of SEUs have been analysed for the 216 FPGA installed on the two end-plates of the TPC detector.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12022

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12022;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
6
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. C12022
ISSN
1748-0221

Conference

Title
Topical workshop on electronics for particle physics 2011
Acronym
TWEPP-11
Dates
26-30 Sep 2011
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44052767
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALICE; CONTROL; LUMINOSITY; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEV RANGE 01-10; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ENERGY RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TEV RANGE; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES