1209.1120 (G. N. Perdue et al.)

The MINER$ν$A Data Acquisition System and Infrastructure    [PDF]

G. N. Perdue, L. Bagby, B. Baldin, C. Gingu, J. Olsen, P. Rubinov, E. C. Schulte, R. Bradford, W. K. Brooks, D. A. M. Caicedo, C. M. Castromonte, J. Chvojka, H. da Motta, I. Danko, J. Devan, B. Eberly, J. Felix, L. Fields, G. A. Fiorentini, A. M. Gago, R. Gran, D. A. Harris, K. Hurtado, H. Lee, E. Maher, S. Manly, C. M. Marshall, K. S. McFarland, A. Mislivec, J. Mousseau, B. Osmanov, J. Osta, V. Paolone, R. D. Ransome, H. Ray, D. W. Schmitz, C. Simon, C. J. Solano Salinas, B. G. Tice, T. Walton, J. Wolcott, D. Zhang, B. P. Ziemer

MINER$\nu$A (Main INjector ExpeRiment $\nu$-A) is a new few-GeV neutrino cross section experiment that began taking data in the FNAL NuMI (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Neutrinos at the Main Injector) beam-line in March of 2010. MINER$\nu$A employs a fine-grained scintillator detector capable of complete kinematic characterization of neutrino interactions. This paper describes the MINER$\nu$A data acquisition system (DAQ) including the read-out electronics, software, and computing architecture.

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