CONTROL AND MONITORING OF THE D0 DETECTOR

Authors
AHN S BARTLETT JF DENISENKO N FUESS S JONCKHEERE A KRZYWDZINSKI S PATERNO L PROSPER H RAJA R FEATHERLY J GIBBARD B RASMUSSEN L
Citation
S. Ahn et al., CONTROL AND MONITORING OF THE D0 DETECTOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 352(1-2), 1994, pp. 250-253
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
352
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
250 - 253
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)352:1-2<250:CAMOTD>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider is currently study ing proton-antiproton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV . The data-acquisition system for the experiment was designed with two independent pathways for communication between the front-end computer s, which interface with the detector electronics, and the host-level c omputers, where the event data is logged and where the experiment is m onitored and controlled. The event data path employs multiple, high-ba ndwidth, unidirectional busses while the control path, which uses stan dard local area network components, handles all control, configuration setting, alarm, and monitoring communications. This paper discusses t he software components associated with the control communication path, with emphasis upon the design philosophy, user interface, database, a nd networking issues.