Published 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Data Analysis using ALICE Run 3 Framework

  • 1. Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire, CERN, Meyrin (Switzerland)
  • 2. Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 6 (Ukraine)
  • 3. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw (Poland)

Description

The ALICE Experiment is currently undergoing a major upgrade program, both in terms of hardware and software, to prepare for the LHC Run 3. A new Software Framework is being developed in collaboration with the FAIR experiments at GSI to cope with the 100-fold increase in the number of recorded events. We present our progress to adapt such a framework for the end user physics data analysis. In particular, the design and technology choices are highlighted. How Apache Arrow is adopted as the platform for the in-memory analysis data layout is discussed. The benefits of this solution are illustrated, these include: efficient and parallel data processing, interoperability with a large number of analysis tools and ecosystems, integration with the modern ROOT declarative analysis framework RDataFrame.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2020/21/epjconf_chep2020_06032.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/471bdb7738064537aaab46d3c3d761ee

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
EPJ. Web of Conferences
Journal Volume
245
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2100-014X

Conference

Title
24. International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Acronym
CHEP 2019
Dates
4-8 Nov 2019
Place
Adelaide (Australia)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53090667
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALICE DETECTOR; CERN LHC; COMPUTER CODES; DATA ANALYSIS; DESIGN
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DATA PROCESSING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS