A two-level pattern trigger for the MAGIC telescope

Authors
Bastieri, D Bettini, M Bigongiari, C Corti, D Isocrate, R Mariotti, M Peruzzo, L Saggion, A Sartori, P Meucci, M Paoletti, R Turini, N
Citation
D. Bastieri et al., A two-level pattern trigger for the MAGIC telescope, NUCL INST A, 461(1-3), 2001, pp. 521-523
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
461
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
521 - 523
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20010401)461:1-3<521:ATPTFT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Strong scientific motivation are pushing the second generation of ground ba se Cherenkov telescopes to lower as much as possible their energy threshold . MAGIC will be the biggest single telescope, in terms of collection area ( 250 m(2)), foreseen for the second-half of 2001. The large collection area, the new photodetector and the electronic design will allow the telescope t o lower the energy threshold below 30 GeV. For this telescope a two-level p attern trigger is designed to work in severe high pixel rate. The MAGIC tri gger architecture and its implementation is presented. (C) 2001 Elsevier Sc ience B.V. All rights reserved.