A two level fastbus based trigger system for CDF

D. Amidei, M. Campbell, H. Frisch, C. Grosso-Pilcher, J. Hauser, T. Liss, G. Redlinger, A. Roodman, H. Sanders, M. Shochet, J. Ting, Y. D. Tsai, M. Dell'Orso, P. Giannetti, L. Ristori

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Abstract

We describe a two level FASTBUS based trigger processor designed and built for the CDF detector at the Fermilab pp collider. The Level 1 decision is based on the global energy deposition in the calorimeters as well as on the presence of muon candidates and stiff tracks in the central drift chamber. The Level 1 decision is made in the 3.5 μs between beam crossings, incurring no deadtime while reducing a raw event rate of 50-75 kHz to a few kHz. The remaining events are passed on to Level 2. The Level 2 decision is driven by the topology of the event, operating on calorimeter clusters, central stiff tracks and muon candidates. Level 2 is designed to reduce the rate to 1-100 Hz, incurring less than 10% deadtime, before initiating readout of all the detector elements. A large fraction of the trigger hardware is used for both the Level 1 and Level 2 decisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-62
Number of pages12
JournalNuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
Volume269
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1988 Jun 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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