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L0 trigger for the EMCal detector of the ALICE experiment
Jiri KralTerry C AwesJan RakHans MullerJ. Schambachsubject
PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsLarge Hadron ColliderPhotonPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsDetectorParticle acceleratorlaw.inventionCalorimeterNuclear physicsElectromagnetic calorimeterlawSliding window protocolHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentALICE (propellant)Nuclear ExperimentInstrumentationdescription
Abstract The ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) accelerator was designed to study ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The ALICE Electromagnetic Calorimeter (EMCal) was built to provide measurement of photons, electrons, and jets, and trigger selection of hard-QCD events containing them. The EMCal single-shower L0 trigger, which triggers on large energy deposit within a 4×4 tower sliding window, became operational in 2010. The implementation of the real-time FPGA based algorithm optimized to provide a fast L0 decision is presented.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |