The ATLAS fast TracKer system

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/07/P07006

The ATLAS fast TracKer system

The ATLAS collaboration

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Abstract

The ATLAS Fast TracKer (FTK) was designed to provide full tracking for the ATLAS high-level trigger by using pattern recognition based on Associative Memory (AM) chips and fitting in high-speed field programmable gate arrays. The tracks found by the FTK are based on inputs from all modules of the pixel and silicon microstrip trackers. The as-built FTK system and components are described, as is the online software used to control them while running in the ATLAS data acquisition system. Also described is the simulation of the FTK hardware and the optimization of the AM pattern banks. An optimization for long-lived particles with large impact parameter values is included. A test of the FTK system with the data playback facility that allowed the FTK to be commissioned during the shutdown between Run 2 and Run 3 of the LHC is reported. The resulting tracks from part of the FTK system covering a limited η-ϕ region of the detector are compared with the output from the FTK simulation. It is shown that FTK performance is in good agreement with the simulation.

Original language	English
Article number	P07006
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	16
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/07/P07006
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

Keywords

Calibration and fitting methods
Cluster finding
Modular electronics
Online farms and online filtering
Pattern recognition
Trigger concepts and systems (hardware and software)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mathematical Physics
Instrumentation

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