A real-time demonstrator of track reconstruction with FPGAs at LHCb
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| author | Terzuoli, Francesco Baldini, Wander Bassi, Giovanni Contu, Andrea Fantechi, Riccardo Kotriakhova, Sofia Lazzari, Federico Morello, Michael Joseph Punzi, Giovanni Tuci, Giulia |
| author_facet | Terzuoli, Francesco Baldini, Wander Bassi, Giovanni Contu, Andrea Fantechi, Riccardo Kotriakhova, Sofia Lazzari, Federico Morello, Michael Joseph Punzi, Giovanni Tuci, Giulia |
| contents | The upgraded LHCb detector has started its Run 3 of data taking in 2022, with a completely overhauled DAQ system, reading out and processing the full detector data at every LHC bunch crossing (30 MHz average rate). At the same time, an intense R&D activity is taking place, with the aim of further improving the real-time data processing performance of LHCb, in view of "Upgrade II", where luminosity will be increased. In this work, we describe the experience gained with a prototype device for a 30 MHz real-time tracking in the LHCb VELO detector, implemented in state-of-art PCIe-hosted FPGA cards interconnected by fast optical links. The system has been processing live LHCb data opportunistically during physics data taking, thanks to a dedicated TestBed facility fed by the experiment monitoring system. We describe, amongst other things, the system used to organise and optimise the high-speed distribution of data to the components, and the synchronisation with the most updated alignment constants to be used in track reconstruction. |
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| spellingShingle | A real-time demonstrator of track reconstruction with FPGAs at LHCb Terzuoli, Francesco Baldini, Wander Bassi, Giovanni Contu, Andrea Fantechi, Riccardo Kotriakhova, Sofia Lazzari, Federico Morello, Michael Joseph Punzi, Giovanni Tuci, Giulia Instrumentation and Detectors The upgraded LHCb detector has started its Run 3 of data taking in 2022, with a completely overhauled DAQ system, reading out and processing the full detector data at every LHC bunch crossing (30 MHz average rate). At the same time, an intense R&D activity is taking place, with the aim of further improving the real-time data processing performance of LHCb, in view of "Upgrade II", where luminosity will be increased. In this work, we describe the experience gained with a prototype device for a 30 MHz real-time tracking in the LHCb VELO detector, implemented in state-of-art PCIe-hosted FPGA cards interconnected by fast optical links. The system has been processing live LHCb data opportunistically during physics data taking, thanks to a dedicated TestBed facility fed by the experiment monitoring system. We describe, amongst other things, the system used to organise and optimise the high-speed distribution of data to the components, and the synchronisation with the most updated alignment constants to be used in track reconstruction. |
| title | A real-time demonstrator of track reconstruction with FPGAs at LHCb |
| topic | Instrumentation and Detectors |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02753 |