Abstract

The ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger (L1Calo) is a fixed latency, hardware-based pipelined system designed for operation at the LHC design luminosity of 1034cm−2s−1. Plans for a several-fold luminosity upgrade will necessitate a complete replacement for L1Calo (Phase II). But backgrounds at or near design luminosity may also require incremental upgrades to the current L1Calo system (Phase I). This paper describes a proposed upgrade to the existing L1Calo to add topological algorithm capabilities, using Region of Interest (RoI) information currently produced by the Jet and EM/Hadron algorithm processors but not used in the Level-1 real-time data path.

Highlights

  • The ATLAS Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger (L1Calo) is a fixed latency, hardware-based pipelined system designed for operation at the LHC design luminosity of 1034cm−2s−1

  • A topological processor (TP) performing more sophisticated algorithms on the combined feature set and sending results to CTP can be added at later stage

  • The current common merger” module (CMM) module [3] processes the results from the Cluster Processor Modules (CPMs) or Jet/Energy Modules (JEMs) modules to produce results over the entire crate, and send them to a “system” CMM in order to produce system-wide results

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Summary

Limitations of current system and possible improvement

The present trigger capabilities allow to make selections on counts of objects of various types (for example 2 jets > 40 GeV), and even separate counts of objects (eg MET > 50 GeV && 2 jets > 40 GeV). There is presently no provision for spatial correlation of different objects, or for differentiating jets and em/tau clusters identified in the different subsystems but originating from the same energy deposits. A possible solution could be to include jet/cluster position information (RoI) in the real time data path (in the current system it is available only for the DAQ system) and to use this information to add topology-based algorithms at Level 1. Identification of spatial overlap between e/tau clusters and jets, usage of the local jet Et sum to estimate energy of overlapping e/tau objects and calculation of invariant transverse mass would be possible. Some of them require only local information, others need global information

Modifications required for limited upgrade
Common Merger Module modifications
Backplane data transfer
Latency survey
Optical links study
Conclusion

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