This paper presents the hardware architecture and the main features of the ICARUS trigger system. The ICARUS detector is a very massive liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber aimed at the study of some of the fundamental issues of astroparticle physics such as solar and atmospheric neutrino interactions, neutrinos following a Supernova explosion, neutrino oscillations with beams from particle accelerators and nucleon decay as predicted by Grand Unification Theories. The main feature of the proposed trigger design is its "segmentation," i.e:, the capability to trigger different sectors of the detector on different events allowing for the efficient detection of rare events.
The Trigger System of the ICARUS Experiment / A. G., Cocco; M., Della Pietra; A., Di Cicco; P., Di Meo; A., Ereditato; Fiorillo, Giuliana; P., Parascandolo; R., Santo; Trattino, Pietro; B., Baboussinov; S., Centro; F., Pietropaolo; S., Ventura. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE. - ISSN 0018-9499. - STAMPA. - 53:(2006), pp. 2118-2123. [10.1109/TNS.2006.877543]
The Trigger System of the ICARUS Experiment
FIORILLO, GIULIANA;TRATTINO, PIETRO;
2006
Abstract
This paper presents the hardware architecture and the main features of the ICARUS trigger system. The ICARUS detector is a very massive liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber aimed at the study of some of the fundamental issues of astroparticle physics such as solar and atmospheric neutrino interactions, neutrinos following a Supernova explosion, neutrino oscillations with beams from particle accelerators and nucleon decay as predicted by Grand Unification Theories. The main feature of the proposed trigger design is its "segmentation," i.e:, the capability to trigger different sectors of the detector on different events allowing for the efficient detection of rare events.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
