Mu2e Online DAQ and Slow Controls Interface

ORAL

Abstract

The muon campus program at Fermilab includes the Mu2e experiment that will search for a charged-lepton flavor violating processes where a negative muon converts into an electron in the field of an aluminum nucleus, improving by four orders of magnitude the search sensitivity reached so far. Mu2e’s Trigger and Data Acquisition System (TDAQ) uses {\it otsdaq} as its solution. Developed at Fermilab, {\it otsdaq} uses the {\it artdaq} DAQ framework and {\it art} analysis framework, under-the-hood, for event transfer, filtering, and processing. {\it otsdaq} is an online DAQ software suite with a focus on flexibility and scalability, while providing a multi-user, web-based, interface accessible through the Chrome or Firefox web browser. The detector Read Out Controller (ROC), from the tracker and calorimeter, stream out zero-suppressed data continuously to the Data Transfer Controller (DTC). Data is then read by a software filter algorithm that selects events considering data flux that comes from a Cosmic Ray Veto System (CRV). A Detector Control System (DCS) for monitoring, controlling, alarming, and archiving has been developed using the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) Open Source Platform. The DCS System has also been itegrated into {\it otsdaq}.

Authors

  • Antonio Gioiosa

    • Pisa University & INFN
  • Simone Donati

    • Pisa University & INFN
  • Luca Morescalchi

    • Pisa INFN
  • Elena Pedreschi

    • Pisa INFN
  • Franco Spinella

    • Pisa INFN
  • Glenn Horton-Smith

    • Department of Physics, Kansas State University
  • Gianantonio Pezzullo

    • Yale University
  • Eric Flumerfelt

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Vivian O'Dell

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  • Ryan Rivera

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory