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Triggering and data rates
Simple, unbiased trigger:
paddle scintillators 3.7 ? |h |? 4.5
ring cerenkov 4.9 ? |h| ? 5.3
Rates at nominal Luminosity L = 1026 cm2 s1
R(Au+Au) = 600 Hz (b ? 15 fm)
R(Au+Au, central) = 60 Hz
=> 60 Tb raw - 430 Tb total / year