| ATLAS Note | |
| Report number | arXiv:0909.5378 ; ATL-COM-DAQ-2009-041 |
| Title | The software of the ATLAS beam pick-up based LHC monitoring system |
| Author(s) | Ohm, C. (Stockholm U.) ; Pauly, T. (CERN) |
| Collaboration | ATLAS collaboration |
| Publication | 2009 |
| Imprint | 16 May 2009 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Note | This is the draft submitted to the proceedings for CHEP09 which will be published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Thilo hasn't had a chance to comment on this paper yet, but it is still possible to update the document submitted to JoPCS. Sorry for being late.. Comments: 10 pages. Submitted to the proceedings of CHEP09 (Prague, Czech Republic) |
| In: | J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 219 (2010) pp.022040 |
| In: | 17th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 - 27 Mar 2009, pp.022040 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1742-6596/219/2/022040 |
| Subject category | Detectors and Experimental Techniques |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN LHC ; ATLAS |
| Free keywords | ATLAS ; Beam monitoring ; Level-1 trigger ; BPTX ; LHC ; LHC timing signals |
| Abstract | The ATLAS BPTX stations are comprised of electrostatic button pick-up detectors, located 175 m away along the beam pipe on both sides of ATLAS. The pick-ups are installed as a part of the LHC beam instrumentation and used by ATLAS for timing purposes. The signals from the ATLAS BPTX detectors are used both in the trigger system and for a stand-alone monitoring system for the LHC beams and timing signals. The monitoring software measures the phase between collisions and clock with high accuracy in order to guarantee a stable phase relationship for optimal signal sampling in the sub-detector front-end electronics. It also measures the properties of the individual bunches and the structure of the beams. In this paper, the BPTX monitoring software is described, its algorithms explained and a few example monitoring displays shown. In addition, results from the monitoring system during the first period of single beam running in September 2008 are presented. |
| Copyright/License | Preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0) |
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