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S. Chappa
Researcher at Fermilab
Publications - 7
Citations - 90
S. Chappa is an academic researcher from Fermilab. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stratix & Firmware. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 87 citations.
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The Silicon Vertex Trigger Upgrade at CDF
J. Adelman,Alberto Annovi,M. Aoki,A. Bardi,M. Bari,James Nugent Bellinger,M. Bitossi,Mircea Bogdan,Rodolfo Carosi,P. Catastini,Alessandro Cerri,S. Chappa,M. Dell'Orso,B. Di Ruzza,Ivan K. Furić,P. Gianetti,P. Giovacchini,T. Liu,T. Maruyama,I. Pedron,M. Piendibene,M. Pitkanen,B. Riesert,M. Rescigno,L. Ristori,H. Sanders,L. Sartori,M. J. Shochet,B. Simoni,F. Spinella,S. Torre,Raffaele Tripiccione,Fukun Tang,U. Yang,Anna Zanetti +34 more
TL;DR: The CDF Silicon Vertex Trigger as mentioned in this paper provides CDF with a powerful tool for online tracking with offline quality in order to enhance the reach on B-physics and large P t -physics coupled to b quarks.
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A 96-channel FPGA-based Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) and fast trigger processor module with multi-hit capability and pipeline
Mircea Bogdan,Henry J. Frisch,Mary K. Heintz,Alexander Paramonov,H. Sanders,S. Chappa,R. DeMaat,R. Klein,Ting Miao,P. Wilson,Thomas J. Phillips +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an FPGA-based, 96-channel, Time-to-Digital converter (TDC) and trigger logic board intended for use with the Central Outer Tracker (COT) is described.
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First steps in the silicon vertex trigger upgrade at CDF
Jahred Adelman,Alberto Annovi,M. Aoki,A. Bardi,Franco Bedeschi,S. Beiforte,J. N. Bellinger,Edmund Berry,M. Bitossi,M. Bogdan,M. Carlsmith,Rodolfo Carosi,P. Catastini,A. Cerri,S. Chappa,W. H. Chung,Maria Agnese Ciocci,Francesco Crescioli,Mauro Dell'Orso,B. Di Ruzza,S. Donati,I. K. Furic,S. Galeotti,Paola Giannetti,C. M. Ginsburg,P. Giovacchini,R. Handler,Yongsun Kim,J. D. Lewis,T. Liu,R. Mahlum,T. Maruyama,F. Morsani,Granville Ott,I. Pedron,M. Piendibene,M. Pitkanen,L. Pondrom,G. Punzi,B. Reisert,M. Rescigno,L. Ristori,H. Sanders,L. Sartori,F. Schifano,Federico Sforza,M. J. Shochet,B. Simoni,F. Spinella,P. Squillacioti,F. Tang,S. Torre,Raffaele Tripiccione,G. Volpi,U. K. Yang,L. Zanello,A. Zanetti +56 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the first steps in the SVT upgrade, consisting of a new associative memory with 4 times the number of patterns, and a new track fitter to take advantage of these patterns.
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On-line tracking processors at hadron colliders: The SVT experience at CDF II and beyond
Jahred Adelman,Alberto Annovi,M. Aoki,James Nugent Bellinger,E. Berry,M. Bitossi,Mircea Bogdan,R. Carosi,P. Catastini,Alessandro Cerri,S. Chappa,Francesco Crescioli,M. Dell ' Orso,B. Di Ruzza,S. Donati,Ivan-Kresimir Furic,Paola Giannetti,C.M. Ginsburg,T. Liu,T. Maruyama,Fabrizio Palla,I. Pedron,M. Piendibene,M. Pitkanen,Giovanni Punzi,B. Reisert,M. Rescigno,L. Ristori,H. Sanders,L. Sartori,F. Schifano,F. Sforza,M. J. Shochet,F. Spinella,Fukun Tang,S. Torre,Raffaele Tripiccione,G. Volpi,U. Yang,Anna Zanetti +39 more
TL;DR: The Silicon Vertex Trigger (SVT) as mentioned in this paper provides the CDF experiment with a powerful tool for fast and precise track finding and fitting at trigger level, which enhances the experiment's reach on B-physics and large P T -physics coupled to b quarks.
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Real time secondary vertexing at CDF
J. Adelman,Alberto Annovi,M. Aoki,A. Bardi,James Nugent Bellinger,M. Bitossi,Mircea Bogdan,Rodolfo Carosi,P. Catastini,Alessandro Cerri,S. Chappa,Mauro Dell'Orso,B. Di Ruzza,Ivan-Kresimir Furic,Paola Giannetti,P. Giovacchini,T. Liu,T. Maruyama,I. Pedron,M. Piendibene,M. Pitkanen,B. Reisert,M. Rescigno,L. Ristori,H. Sanders,L. Sartori,M. J. Shochet,B. Simoni,F. Spinella,S. Torre,Raffaele Tripiccione,Fukun Tang,U. Yang,Anna Zanetti +33 more
TL;DR: The Online Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT) as discussed by the authors is the trigger processor dedicated to the 2D reconstruction of charged particle trajectories at the Level 2 of the CDF trigger.