The Antares computing model
Description
Completed in 2008, Antares is now the largest water Cherenkov neutrino telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. Its main goal is to detect neutrinos from galactic and extra-galactic sources. Due to the high background rate of atmospheric muons and the high level of bioluminescence, several on-line and off-line filtering algorithms have to be applied to the raw data taken by the instrument. To be able to handle this data stream, a dedicated computing infrastructure has been set up. The paper covers the main aspects of the current official Antares computing model. This includes an overview of on-line and off-line data handling and storage. In addition, the current usage of the "IceTray" software framework for Antares data processing is highlighted. Finally, an overview of the data storage formats used for high-level analysis is given
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.076Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2012.12.076;
- PII
- S0168-9002(12)01613-0;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 725
- Journal Page Range
- p. 126-128
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 5. international workshop on very large volume neutrino telescopes, the future of high-energy neutrino astronomy
- Acronym
- VLVnuT 11
- Dates
- 12-14 Oct 2011
- Place
- Erlangen (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45048128
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DATA PROCESSING; FILTERS; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; MUONS; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; TELESCOPE COUNTERS; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; EARTH PLANET; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; FERMIONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LEPTONS; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTON EMISSION; PLANETS; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPECTROMETERS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.