Atlas Experiment at CERN: Diagram of the Safety System
The detector safety system (DSS) of the ATLAS detector is getting ready for its important function – putting the detector in a safe state in case that a potentially dangerous situation arises during operation. Fernando Pedrosa, the engineer responsible for the safety system explains to ATLAS e-news its main features and what are the lasts steps towards the completion of it.
The DSS covers level 2 alarms, which protect the detector itself. With this purpose, there are independent sensors connected to the DSS racks to detect safety hazards: “If the sensors detect any anomaly, the alarms will go ON, triggering the actions required to bring the detector into safe state,” Fernando explains.
Read more here.
Leave a Reply