Analysis of the trigger system of the ALFA detectors

During the CERN Summer Student Programme 2015 two different projects were carried out. Both related with the ALFA subdetector in ATLAS and its trigger system. The frst, and main, project aimed to do an study of the trigger effciency of the ALFA detector at $\sqrt{s}=8 TeV$ and $\beta^* = 90m$. The results can be found fully explained in the ATLAS note: "Trigger effciency for the ALFA detector at $\sqrt{s}=8 TeV$ and $\beta^* = 90m$". A secondary task consisted on systematical tests of new chips for an update of the ALFA trigger system.