Particle Physics Grid Computing at Lancaster
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Particle physics is about to receive huge amounts of data from the Large Hadron Collider. In order to process it and do the physics analysis, you need a lot of computing power and disk to store the data on. This can only be done by spreading the job over many sites aorund the world and linking them with cleaver software ('middleware') to make them all seem as if they were almost local. The resulting system is called a Grid. This proposal is to provide the some of the required Grid reosurces at Lancaster, and to fuind people to commission and operate the system, and to complete work on providing interfaces and programmes to use the Grid effectively.
Publications
Aad G
(2011)
Measurement of W? and Z? production in proton-proton collisions at $ \sqrt {s} = 7 $ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Search for new phenomena in photon + jet events collected in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Search for the b b ¯ $$ b\overline{b} $$ decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson in associated (W/Z)H production with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the low-mass Drell-Yan differential cross section at s $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Combined search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of inclusive jet charged-particle fragmentation functions in Pb+Pb collisions at s NN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
Determination of the strange-quark density of the proton from ATLAS measurements of the W?l? and Z?ll cross sections.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2010)
Search for new particles in two-jet final states in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2012)
Search for supersymmetry in events with large missing transverse momentum, jets, and at least one tau lepton in 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector
in The European Physical Journal C
Aad G
(2011)
Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross section in p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2013)
Observation of Associated Near-Side and Away-Side Long-Range Correlations insNN=5.02 TeVProton-Lead Collisions with the ATLAS Detector
in Physical Review Letters
Aad G
(2012)
Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the H ? W W ( ? ) ? l ? l ? decay mode with 4.7 fb - 1 of ATLAS data at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Search for scalar diphoton resonances in the mass range 65-600 GeV with the ATLAS detector in pp collision data at vs=8 TeV.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2015)
Measurement of charged-particle spectra in Pb+Pb collisions at s N N = 2.76 $$ \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=2.76 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2011)
Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons decaying to t + t - pairs in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
ATLAS measurements of the properties of jets for boosted particle searches
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Search for diphoton events with large missing transverse momentum in 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Summary of the ATLAS experiment's sensitivity to supersymmetry after LHC Run 1 - interpreted in the phenomenological MSSM
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the cross-section for b-jets produced in association with a Z boson at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2011)
Search for the Higgs boson in the H?WW?l?jj decay channel in pp collisions at vs=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2010)
Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions at s = 900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Search for supersymmetry at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV in final states with jets and two same-sign leptons or three leptons with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
A search for t t ¯ $$ t\overline{t} $$ resonances using lepton-plus-jets events in proton-proton collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2012)
Search for TeV-scale gravity signatures in final states with leptons and jets with the ATLAS detector at s = 7 TeV
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2015)
Search for new phenomena in final states with an energetic jet and large missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at [Formula: see text]TeV with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aad G
(2014)
Search for pair and single production of new heavy quarks that decay to a Z boson and a third-generation quark in pp collisions at s = 8 $$ \sqrt{s}=8 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2015)
Search for a CP-odd Higgs boson decaying to Zh in pp collisions at s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2011)
Measurement of the production cross section for W-bosons in association with jets in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
Measurement of the top quark pair production cross-section with ATLAS in the single lepton channel
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2012)
Search for a heavy Standard Model Higgs boson in the channel H ? Z Z ? l + l - q q ¯ using the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2014)
Measurement of the production cross section of prompt J/? mesons in association with a W ± boson in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s} $ = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aad G
(2011)
Measurement of the W charge asymmetry in the W ? µ ? decay mode in pp collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physics Letters B
Aad G
(2011)
Search for contact interactions in dimuon events from p p collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2012)
Search for excited leptons in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aad G
(2011)
Search for diphoton events with large missing transverse energy in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2012)
Search for down-type fourth generation quarks with the ATLAS detector in events with one lepton and hadronically decaying W bosons.
in Physical review letters
Aad G
(2011)
Properties of jets measured from tracks in proton-proton collisions at center-of-mass energy s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Description | Supported pilot commercial use (e.g. Cambridge Ontology) |
First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
Impact Types | Economic |
Description | ATLAS |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Tracking R&D and construction, software, distributed computing systems, detector operations, trigger performance and design, Standard Model, B-physics, Onium, Higgs, Top and SUSY studies; ran UK software and computing |
Collaborator Contribution | Detector operations, computing operations, software, shared physics tools |
Impact | currently O(200) papers in press (Feb 2013) |
Description | GridPP |
Organisation | European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Middleware, hardware, operations; ATLAS Member of the PMB, formerly Applications Co-ordinator, Deputy Chair of Users Board. Provide Deployment Team member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | some papers, enabled many physics papers. |
Description | GridPP |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Department | GRIDPP3 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Middleware, hardware, operations; ATLAS Member of the PMB, formerly Applications Co-ordinator, Deputy Chair of Users Board. Provide Deployment Team member. |
Collaborator Contribution | Middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | some papers, enabled many physics papers. |
Description | T2K |
Organisation | T2K Collaboration |
Country | Global |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Collaborators, detector builders (ND280), operators |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators |
Impact | Papers, detector R&D |
Description | WLCG |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Hardware, middleware, operations; Collaboration Board Member and Chair |
Collaborator Contribution | Hardware, middleware, operations, co-ordination |
Impact | All LHC and Tevatron papers |
Description | 5 Particle Physics Masterclasses/Residentials |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Increases interest in science and particle physics Increased applications to Lancaster, citing particle phsyics interest |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Big bang fair |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Big Bang Fair, general science exhibition at the NEC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | many thousands saw stands on the Grid/Higgs physics/Beyond the Higgs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2011,2014 |