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EXPERIENCE WITH SPLUNK FOR ARCHIVING AND VISUALISATION OF OPERATIONAL DATA IN ATLAS TDAQ SYSTEM
No full textThe ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition (TDAQ) is a large, distributed system composed of several thousands interconnected computers and tens of thousands software processes (applications). Applications produce a large amount of operational messages at the order of 10 messages per second, which need to be reliably stored and delivered to TDAQ operators in a quasi real-time manner, and also be available for post-mortem analysis by experts. We have selected SPLUNK, a commercial solution by Splunk Inc, as an all-in-one solution for storing different types of operational data in an indexed database, and a web-based framework for searching and presenting the indexed data and for rapid development of user-oriented dashboards accessible in a web browser. The paper describes capabilities of the Splunk framework, use cases, applications and web dashboards developed for facilitating the browsing and searching of TDAQ operational data by TDAQ operators and experts
Author Correction: A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery
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The Controls and Configuration Software of the ATLAS Data Acquisition System: evolution towards LHC Run 3
No full textThe ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) op- erated very successfully in the years 2008 to 2018, in two periods identified as Run 1 and Run 2. ATLAS achieved an overall data-taking efficiency of 94%, largely constrained by the irreducible dead-time introduced to accommodate the limitations of the detector read-out electronics. Out of the 6% dead-time only about 15% could be attributed to the central trigger and DAQ system, and out of these, a negligible fraction was due to the Control and Configuration sub- system. Despite these achievements, and in order to improve even more the already excellent efficiency of the whole DAQ system in the coming Run 3, a new campaign of software updates was launched for the second long LHC shut- down (LS2). This paper presents, using a few selected examples, how the work was approached and which new technologies were introduced into the ATLAS DAQ system. Despite these being specific to this system, many solutions can be considered and adapted to different distributed DAQ systems.The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operated very successfully in the years 2008 to 2018, in two periods identified as Run 1 and Run 2. ATLAS achieved an overall data-taking efficiency of 94%, largely constrained by the irreducible dead-time introduced to accommodate the limitations of the detector read-out electronics. Out of the 6% dead-time only about 15% could be attributed to the central trigger and DAQ system, and out of these, a negligible fraction was due to the Control and Configuration subsystem. Despite these achievements, and in order to improve even more the already excellent efficiency of the whole DAQ system in the coming Run 3, a new campaign of software updates was launched for the second long LHC shutdown (LS2). This paper presents, using a few selected examples, how the work was approached and which new technologies were introduced into the ATLAS Control and Configuration software. Despite these being specific to this system, many solutions can be considered and adapted to different distributed DAQ systems
Control and Configuration Software for the ATLAS DAQ system in LHC Run 2
No full textThe ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operated successfully from 2008 to 2018, which included Run 1 (2008-2013), a shutdown period and the Run 2 (2016-2018). In the course of the Run 2, the ATLAS data taking achieved an overall data taking efficiency of 97%, largely constraint by the irreducible dead-time introduced to accommodate the limitations of the detector read-out electronics. Less than 1% of the dead-time could be attributed to the central trigger and DAQ system, and out of these, a negligible fraction was due to the Controls and Configuration sub-system. The first long LHC shutdown (LS1) (2014-2015) was used to carry out a complete revision of the Controls and Configuration software, in order to suitably accommodate additional requirements that could not be seamlessly included during steady operation of the system. As well a refactorization of the software was carried out, software that had been repeatedly modified to include new features becoming less maintainable. Additionally, LS1 was the opportunity of modernizing software written at the beginning of the years 2000, thus profiting from the rapid evolution in IT technologies. This upgrade was carried out retaining the critical constraint of minimally impacting public APIs, and the operation mode of the system, in order to maximize the acceptance of the changes by the large user community. This paper summarizes and illustrates, at hand of a few selected examples, how the work was approached and which new technologies were introduced into the ATLAS DAQ system and were used in the course of the LHC Run 2. Despite these being specific to the system, many solutions can be considered and adapted to different distributed DAQ systems. Additionally, this paper will focus on the behavior of the Controls and Configuration services through the whole Run 2 period, putting particular emphasis on robustness, reliability and performance matters
THE CONTROLS AND CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE OF THE ATLAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR LHC RUN 2
No full textThe ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operated very successfully in the years 2008 to 2013, identified as Run 1. It achieved an overall data taking efficiency of 94%, largely constrained by the irreducible dead-time introduced to accommodate the limitations of the detector read-out electronics. Out of the 6% dead-time only about 15% could be attributed to the central trigger and DAQ system, and out of these, a negligible fraction was due to the Control and Configuration sub-system. Despite these achievements, and in order to improve the efficiency of the whole DAQ system in Run 2 (2015-2018), the first long LHC shutdown (2013-2014) was used to carry out a complete revision of the control and configuration software. The goals were three-fold: properly accommodate additional requirements that could not be seamlessly included during steady operation of the system; re-factor software that had been repeatedly modified to include new features, thus becoming less maintainable; seize the opportunity of modernizing software written at the beginning of the years 2000, thus profiting from the rapid evolution in IT technologies. This upgrade was carried out retaining the important constraint of minimally impacting the mode of operation of the system and public APIs, in order to maximize the acceptance of the changes by the large user community. This paper presents, using a few selected examples, how the work was approached and which new technologies were introduced into the ATLAS DAQ system, and how they were performing in course of Run 2. Despite these being specific to this system, many solutions can be considered and adapted to different distributed DAQ systems
Evidence of W gamma gamma Production in pp Collisions at root s=8 TeV and Limits on Anomalous Quartic Gauge Couplings with the ATLAS Detector
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Search for dark matter candidates and large extra dimensions in events with a jet and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector
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Author Correction: A detailed map of Higgs boson interactions by the ATLAS experiment ten years after the discovery
No full textMeasurement of the production cross-section of psi(2S) -> J/psi(-> mu(+)mu(-))pi(+) pi(-) in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV at ATLAS
No full text© 2014, The Author(s). Abstract: The prompt and non-prompt production cross-sections for ψ(2S) mesons are measured using 2.1 fb−1 of pp collision data at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The measurement exploits the ψ(2S) → J/ψ(→ μ+μ−)π+π− decay mode, and probes ψ(2S) mesons with transverse momenta in the range 10 ≤ pT< 100 GeV and rapidity |y| < 2.0. The results are compared to other measurements of ψ(2S) production at the LHC and to various theoretical models for prompt and non-prompt quarkonium production.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]
Search for heavy diboson resonances in semileptonic final states in pp collisions at s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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