A thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of:
Master of Science in Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2017 / Tile Online software is a set of Trigger and Data Acquisition (TDAQ) required for
the operation of Tile. It is built on top of ATLAS TDAQ software following AT
LAS management tools and policies. The TDAQ software has been migrated from
CMT to CMake, and from SVN to Git, in favor of modern software development
tools and procedures. Since Tile Online software follows ATLAS TDAQ, there
was a need of reorganization, simplification and clean-up of Tile Online software
packages. Tile Online software packages have been migrated and reorganized to
the newest ATLAS TDAQ release and the outcome is now used at Point-1 with
success.
The diagnostic and verification system (DVS) is part of the ATLAS TDAQ
online software packages used for configuring and executing tests for TDAQ com
ponents, and for advising recovery actions to the TDAQ operator/user. A wrapper
way to start complex Tile DVS tests that required two separate programs to run
on separate computers has been implemented and tests can now be run from a
graphical user interface with detailed presentation of the results by non-experts.
The upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to the High-Luminosity LHC
will provide significant opportunities to explore new physics beyond the Standard
Model. This however presents significant challenges to the detector and the TDAQ
systems. The Tile Calorimeter will undergo upgrades whereby the current readout
electronics will be completely redesigned and replaced in phase-II to cope with
the increased luminosity imposed by the HL-LHC. / XL2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24834 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Hlaluku, Dingane Reward |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (xvi, 83 leaves), application/pdf |
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