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The Pierre Auger Observatory offline software

Allen, J.; Argiro, S.; Barroso, S. L. C.; BenZvi, S. Y.; Cataldi, G.; Ding, M.; Gonzalez, J.; McCauley, T.; Nellen, L.; Paul, T.; Porter, T. A.; Prado, L.; Roth, M. ORCID iD icon 1; Ulrich, R. 1; Unger, M. ORCID iD icon 1; Veberic, D.
1 Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZKA)

Abstract:

The Pierre Auger Observatory aims to discover the nature and origins of the highest energy cosmic rays. The large number of physicists involved in the project and the diversity of simulation and reconstruction tasks pose a challenge for the offline analysis software, not unlike the challenges confronting software for very large high energy physics experiments. Previously we have reported on the design and implementation of a general purpose but relatively lightweight framework which allows collaborators to contribute algorithms and sequencing instructions to build up the variety of applications they require. In this report, we update the status of this work and describe some of the successes and difficulties encountered over the last few years of use. We explain the machinery used to manage user contributions, to organize the abundance of configuration files, to facilitate multi-format file handling, and to provide access to event and time-dependent detector information residing in various data sources. We also describe the testing procedures used to help maintain stability of the code in the face of a large number of contributions. Foundation classes will also be discussed, including a novel geometry package which allows manipulation of abstract geometrical objects independent of coordinate system choice.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/120078233
Veröffentlicht am 08.03.2018
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/119/3/032002
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Zitationen: 6
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Kernphysik (IK)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2008
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1742-6588, 1742-6596
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-AAA1200782337
KITopen-ID: 120078233
HGF-Programm 51.53.01 (POF I, LK 02) Großgerät: AUGER
Erschienen in Journal of physics / Conference Series
Verlag Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd (IOP Publishing Ltd)
Band 119
Heft 3
Seiten Art. Nr. 032002
Erscheinungsvermerk Internat.Conf.on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 07), Victoria, CDN, September 2-7, 2007,(2008)
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