RCU2-The ALICE TPC readout electronics consolidation for Run2

Summary, in English

This paper presents the solution for optimization of the ALICE TPC readout for running at full energy in the Run2 period after 2014. For the data taking with heavy ion beams an event readout rate of 400 Hz with a low dead time is envisaged for the ALICE central barrel detectors during these three years. A new component, the Readout Control Unit 2 (RCU2), is being designed to increase the present readout rate by a factor of up to 2.6. The immunity to radiation induced errors will also be significantly improved by the new design.

• Author: J. Alme; T. Alt; L. Bratrud; Peter Christiansen; F. Costa; E. David; T. Gunji; T. Kiss; R. Langoy; J. Lien; C. Lippmann; Anders Oskarsson; A. Ur Rehman; K. Roed; D. Rohrich; A. Tarantola; C. Torgersen; I. Nikolai Torsvik; K. Ullaland; A. Velure; S. Yang; C. Zhao; H. Appelshaeuser; Lennart Österman
• Department/s: Particle and nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Journal of Instrumentation
• Volume: 8
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/C12032
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Topic: Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation
• Keywords: electronics for detector readout; liquid); Electronic detector readout concepts (gas; Front-end; Data acquisition concepts; Digital; electronic circuits
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1748-0221