Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider

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dc.contributor.advisorVilakazi, Zeblonen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorCleymans, Jeanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Bruceen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T20:03:42Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T20:03:42Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 172-181).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe ALICE experiment at CERN's Large Hadronic Collider will mark the beginning of a new phase in the study of ultra-relativistic heavy ion-collisions. It will be possible to explore in great detail phenomena discovered or hinted at in the course of experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, in particular the signals of the quark-gluon plasma. One of the most promising signals of the creation of this new state of matter is the anomalous suppression of the Υ (bb) and J/v(cc) families. One of the main decay channels of these mesons is into dimuons and ALICE has a dedicated dimuon spectrometer in order to study the spectra of these interesting particles. The signal is, however, swamped by a large background from several other muonic sources. Due to the large data rate expected for ALICE and the limited bandwidth, a highly efficient and selective trigger is required for the experiment - the dimuon high-level trigger (dHLT). This thesis concerns the context, development and implementation of the ALICE dimuon high-level trigger. The physics context ot the experimentation is described, as well as the technical requirements of the system. The performance of the prototype is investigated with the use of Monte-Carlo simulations. An investigation into the performance estimates of system in the expected physics environment was performed, which validated the benchmarks, as well as investigation of the effect of possible modifications of quarkonia yields due to QGP formation on the response of the dHLT.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBecker, B. (2006). <i>Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6525en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBecker, Bruce. <i>"Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6525en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBecker, B. 2006. Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Becker, Bruce AB - The ALICE experiment at CERN's Large Hadronic Collider will mark the beginning of a new phase in the study of ultra-relativistic heavy ion-collisions. It will be possible to explore in great detail phenomena discovered or hinted at in the course of experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, in particular the signals of the quark-gluon plasma. One of the most promising signals of the creation of this new state of matter is the anomalous suppression of the Υ (bb) and J/v(cc) families. One of the main decay channels of these mesons is into dimuons and ALICE has a dedicated dimuon spectrometer in order to study the spectra of these interesting particles. The signal is, however, swamped by a large background from several other muonic sources. Due to the large data rate expected for ALICE and the limited bandwidth, a highly efficient and selective trigger is required for the experiment - the dimuon high-level trigger (dHLT). This thesis concerns the context, development and implementation of the ALICE dimuon high-level trigger. The physics context ot the experimentation is described, as well as the technical requirements of the system. The performance of the prototype is investigated with the use of Monte-Carlo simulations. An investigation into the performance estimates of system in the expected physics environment was performed, which validated the benchmarks, as well as investigation of the effect of possible modifications of quarkonia yields due to QGP formation on the response of the dHLT. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider TI - Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6525 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6525
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBecker B. Development of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collider. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Physics, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6525en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhysicsen_ZA
dc.titleDevelopment of a high-level trigger for the dimuon spectrometer of the ALICE experiment at the large hadron collideren_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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