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The CMS Phase II Outer Tracker Upgrade at Fermilab

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be upgraded to increase the instantaneous luminosity up to 5−7.5×10 34 cm −2 s −1 . To face these challenging conditions the CMS tracking system must be updated, using modules that on the one hand are able to cope with high radiations and on the other hand can provide information to the L-1 trigger selection. This report describes the results of some tests on the new tracking modules at the FNAL test beam facility. In particular half of one module was irradiated by 400 MeV protons (total fluence comparable to the one expected through the lifetime of the experiment) and then some analysis were performed on both the irradiated and not irradiated side of the detector with a 120 GeV proton beam. In this report, the efficiency and noise occupancy analysis are presented, with focus on the main critical issues encountered.

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Thermal Tracker / Raw Data

This dataset contains ThermalTracker-3D flying fauna trajectories saved in json files, along with camera orientation and GPS location data. The 3D trajectories are in x,y,z camera space coordinates. They can be converted to geo-referenced coordinates using the orientation and GPS data.

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Thermal Tracker / Raw Data

This dataset contains ThermalTracker-3D flying fauna trajectories saved in json files, along with camera orientation and GPS location data. The 3D trajectories are in x,y,z camera space coordinates. They can be converted to geo-referenced coordinates using the orientation and GPS data.

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Heterogeneous Reconstruction of Tracks and Primary Vertices With the CMS Pixel Tracker

The High-Luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will see the accelerator reach an instantaneous luminosity of 7 × 10 34 cm −2 s −1 with an average pileup of 200 proton-proton collisions. These conditions will pose an unprecedented challenge to the online and offline reconstruction software developed by the experiments. The computational complexity will exceed by far the expected increase in processing power for conventional CPUs, demanding an alternative approach. Industry and High-Performance Computing (HPC) centers are successfully using heterogeneous computing platforms to achieve higher throughput and better energy efficiency by matching each job to the most appropriate architecture. In this paper we will describe the results of a heterogeneous implementation of pixel tracks and vertices reconstruction chain on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The framework has been designed and developed to be integrated in the CMS reconstruction software, CMSSW. The speed up achieved by leveraging GPUs allows for more complex algorithms to be executed, obtaining better physics output and a higher throughput.

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A second-generation /high-speed/ maximum power tracker for space applications.

During the past few years, considerable effort has been exerted by both industry and government to improve the performance of space power systems. One of the significant advances has been the development of practical Maximum Power-Point Tracking (MPPT) systems. This paper presents the background and evolution of a second-generation (high-speed) MPPT system capable of operation with solar arrays with rapidly fluctuating parameters due to mission operation (e.g., spin-stabilized spacecraft). An experimental model of the high-speed MPPT system has been constructed and tested. Results from these tests are presented herein. The second-generation MPPT system provides a means of efficient power conditioning that can result in significant increases over conventional systems in space-power system capability. Of additional importance is the applicability of the basic technology to all types of spacecraft, and the wide variety of power-system configurations with which the high-speed MPPT system concept may be used.

Clement A. Berard, Jr.↗

Star-tracker systems

Determining sources for celestial references used by orbiting astronomical observatories

Seifert, L. I.↗