ALICE detector in construction phase

Wiktor S. Peryt

doi:10.1117/12.623093

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11 October 2005 ALICE detector in construction phase

Wiktor S. Peryt

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Proceedings Volume 5948, Photonics Applications in Industry and Research IV; 59480W (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623093
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

ALICE1 collaboration, which prepares one of the biggest physics experiments in the history, came into production phase of its detector. The experiment will start at LHC2 at CERN in 2007/2008. In the meantime about 1000 people from ~70 institutions are involved in this enterprise. ALICE detector consists of many sub-detectors, designed and manufactured in many laboratories and commercial firms, located mainly in Europe, but also in U.S., India, China and Korea. To assure appropriate working environment for such a specific task, strictly related to tests of particular components, measurements and assembly procedures Detector Construction Database system has been designed and implemented at CERN and at some labs involved in these activities. In this paper special attention is paid to this topic not only due to fact of innovative approach to the problem. Another reason is the group of young computer scientists (mainly students) from the Warsaw University of Technology, leaded by the author, has designed and developed the system for the whole experiment3. Another very interesting subject is the Data Acquisition System which has to fulfill very hard requirements concerning speed and high bandwidth. Required technical performance is achieved thanks to using PCI bus (usually in previous high energy physics experiments VME standard has been used) and optical links. Very general overview of the whole detector and physics goals of ALICE experiment will also be given.

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Wiktor S. Peryt "ALICE detector in construction phase", Proc. SPIE 5948, Photonics Applications in Industry and Research IV, 59480W (11 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.623093

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