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J. Mans

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Test Beam Study of SiPM-on-Tile Configurations

Light yield and spatial uniformity for a large variety of configurations of scintillator tiles was studied. The light from each scintillator was collected by a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) directly viewing the produced scintillation light (SiPM-on-tile technique). The varied parameters included tile transverse size, tile thickness, tile wrapping material, scintillator composition, and SiPM model. These studies were performed using 120 GeV protons at the Fermilab Test Beam Facility. External tracking allowed the position of each proton penetrating a tile to be measured. The results were compared to a GEANT4 simulation of each configuration of scinitillator, wrapping, and SiPM.

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Data Acquisition Software for CMS HCAL Testbeams

Although CMS will not start operation for several years, many subdetector groups have active testbeam programs involving final or near-final electronics. The high-bandwidth electronics require the development of new DAQ systems including hardware and software. This paper presents the design and performance of the DAQ software used for the summer 2002 HCAL testbeam at CERN. This system successfully acquired over 80M testbeam events, running at rate of 200-1000 Hz. The paper also describes some of the developments made for the 2003 testbeam, including the integration of the CMS xDAQ framework.

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