Upgrades of the Data Acquisition System for the KOTO Experiment

Stephanie Su, Jon Ameel, Lucas Beaufore, Brian Beckford, Jacqueline Beechert, Mircea Bogdan, Khalil Bryant, Myron Campbell, Melissa Hutcheson, Roman Lee, Noah McNeal, Jessica Micallef, Joshua Robinson, Christopher Rymph, Hanna Schamis, Yasuyuki Sugiyama, Yasuhisa Tajima, Molly Taylor, Monica Tecchio, Yau Wah

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Abstract

The KOTO data acquisition system (DAQ) collects detector PMT waveform signals and saves digitized events to permanent storage using frontend ADC modules, two levels of hardware triggers, and a computing farm. The KOTO DAQ system ran stably in 2013 with 24 kW beam power. To maintain high DAQ livetime with increasing beam power, we implemented lossless data compression inside the ADC modules and developed a new L3 computing farm. The upgraded KOTO DAQ system was able to maintain livetime above 80% with 42 kW beam power during the 2015 and 2016 runs. To sustain high DAQ livetime for data taking with beam power of 50 kW and above, an upgrade of our hardware trigger is proposed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number012042
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume800
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 23 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Kaon Physics, KAON 2016 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Duration: Sep 14 2016Sep 17 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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