Architecture of Trigger System

Block diagram of front-end electronics and its interface to Trigger, DAQ and Detector Control System.

Detailed descriptions of the front-end architecture can be found in the following LHCb notes:
EDMS715154, Requirements to the L1 front-end electronics.
LHCb-2001-014, Requirements to the L0 front-end electronics.
EDMS 692583, Test, time alignment, calibration and monitoring in the LHCb front-end electronics.

The HLT (High Level Trigger) have access to all data. At the 1 MHz output rate of Level-0 the remaining analogue data is digitized and all data is stored for the time needed to process the Level algorithm. This algorithm is implemented on a online trigger farm composed of up to 2000 PCs.

The HLT algorithm is divided in two sequential phases called HLT1 and HLT2. HLT1 applies a progressive, partial reconstruction seeded by the L0 candidates. Different reconstruction sequences (called alleys) with different algorithms and selection cuts are applied according to the L0 candidate type. The HLT run very complex physics tests to look for specific signatures, for instance matching tracks to hits in the muon chambers, or spotting photons through their high energy but lack of charge. Overall, from every one hundred thousand events per second they select just dizaines of events and the remaining dizaines of thousands are thrown out. We are left with only the collision events that might teach us something new about physics.

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