Results from a MA16-based neural trigger in an experiment looking for beauty

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 1996-07, Vol.376 (3), p.411-419
• Main Authors: Baldanza, C., Beichter, J., Bisi, F., Bruels, N., Bruschini, C., Cotta-Ramusino, A., D'Antone, I., Malferrari, L., Mazzanti, P., Musico, P., Novelli, P., Odorici, F., Odorico, R., Passaseo, M., Zuffa, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(96)00159-3

Results from a neural-network trigger based on the digital MA16 chip of Siemens are reported. The neural trigger has been applied to data from the WA92 experiment, looking for beauty particles, which have been collected during a run in which a neural trigger module based on Intel's analog neural chip ETANN operated, as already reported. The MA16 board hosting the chip has a 16-bit I O precision and a 53-bit precision for internal calculations. It operated at 50 MHz, yielding a response time for a 16 input-variable net of 3 μs for a Fisher discriminant (1-layer net) and of 6 μs for a 2-layer net. Results are compared with those previously obtained with the ETANN trigger.