QMUL/ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger Upgrade
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen Mary University of London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
ATLAS Upgrade project as previously described
Organisations
- Queen Mary University of London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Michigan State University (Collaboration)
- University of Cambridge (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Stockholm University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Heidelberg University (Collaboration)
- Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Lucio Cerrito (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Aad G (ATLAS Collaboration)
(2012)
Letter of Intent for the Phase-I Upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment (CERN-LHCC-2011-012 ; LHCC-I-020)
ATLAS Collaboration
(2013)
Technical Design Report for the Phase-I Upgrade of the ATLAS TDAQ System
| Description | The post holder initially worked on the test and validation of simulated proton-proton collision samples, to confirm and determine the extent by which out-of-time collision pile-up influences the trigger rate of different calorimetric first-level (L1C) trigger objects, and how this effect depends on varying pile-up conditions (the superposition of multiple collisions). The main part of the research activity was dedicated first to the development of the software necessary to emulate first-level topological triggers, which is now available as the basis for the integration of L1C topological triggers into the full ATLAS experiment event simulation. By using these tools, the post holder performed a detailed evaluation of the performance of topological triggers across a broad range of benchmark physics processes, such as Higgs, top quark and W-boson production. His studies have contributed to the body of work underpinning the Letter of Intent for the Phase-1 Upgrade of the ATLAS Experiment. |
| Exploitation Route | Fast topological triggering is a technique that is crucial not only for future particle detectors, and for upgrades of the existing ones such as ATLAS, but also can be used in a variety of applications that require fast pattern recognition processing. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Department | Physics Division |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Heidelberg University |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |
| Department | Institute for Nuclear Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Michigan State University |
| Department | Department of Physics And Astronomy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | Stockholm University |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |
| Description | L1Calo |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger: architecture design, hardware specification, prototyping, testing, firmware, online software and databases, offline software (monitoring, data quality and calibration), trigger simulation |
| Impact | ATLAS Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger operations and upgrade. |