Published October 11, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

The Antares computing model

  • 1. NIKHEF, Science Park 105, 1098 XG Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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.2012.12.076

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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)

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