Event display system for the TOTEM experiment at CERN
Cancelled
Event details
| Date | 12.07.2012 |
| Hour | 10:30 › 11:30 |
| Speaker | M. Besta, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland |
| Location |
PPB 019
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The TOTEM experiment at CERN aims at measurement of the total proton--proton cross section and at extensive research of proton elastic scattering and diffractive processes. The reconstruction, general overview and analysis of the data coming from the T1, T2 and Roman Pot detectors installed in the LHC require the development of many tools responsible for multiple tasks. In order to increase the convenience of the work of the scientists it is essential to provide an efficient visualisation system which would not only allow to inspect the events data or the detectors geometry but also enable flexible, fast and convenient configuration adapted to the personal needs of every scientist in the TOTEM Experiment.
The goal of this thesis is to present such a system based on the technologies of C++ and OpenGL and to describe its characteristics. The main reason for the development of the system was the lack of such tool in TOTEM. The implementation was based on FROG Event Display, a ready solution from the CMS Experiment. Nevertheless, different physics programmes and scope necessitated considerable changes both in the code and in the general structure of the offline and online visualisation.
Topics being discussed start with a brief introduction to High Energy Physics, CERN, the LHC, tools and technologies used in computational physics. The TOTEM Experiment and especially its apparatus are described in more detail as well the requirements analysis for the event display. After that, a thorough overview of various implementation issues is provided where several important problems, methods, solutions and tests are presented. The illustration of the system capabilities can be found at the end of the thesis.
The goal of this thesis is to present such a system based on the technologies of C++ and OpenGL and to describe its characteristics. The main reason for the development of the system was the lack of such tool in TOTEM. The implementation was based on FROG Event Display, a ready solution from the CMS Experiment. Nevertheless, different physics programmes and scope necessitated considerable changes both in the code and in the general structure of the offline and online visualisation.
Topics being discussed start with a brief introduction to High Energy Physics, CERN, the LHC, tools and technologies used in computational physics. The TOTEM Experiment and especially its apparatus are described in more detail as well the requirements analysis for the event display. After that, a thorough overview of various implementation issues is provided where several important problems, methods, solutions and tests are presented. The illustration of the system capabilities can be found at the end of the thesis.
Practical information
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Organizer
- CRPP
Contact
- Paolo Ricci