The MINER$ν$A Data Acquisition System and Infrastructure
physics.ins-det
/ Authors
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
and 33 more authors
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
/ Abstract
MINER$ν$A (Main INjector ExpeRiment $ν$-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$ν$A employs a fine-grained scintillator detector capable of complete kinematic characterization of neutrino interactions. This paper describes the MINER$ν$A data acquisition system (DAQ) including the read-out electronics, software, and computing architecture.