https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1960-y
Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory
The ATLAS data quality defect database system
1
Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
2
Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
4
Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
* e-mail: ponyisi@hep.uchicago.edu
Received:
27
October
2011
Revised:
21
February
2012
Published online:
3
April
2012
The ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider has implemented a new system for recording information on detector status and data quality, and for transmitting this information to users performing physics analysis. This system revolves around the concept of “defects,” which are well-defined, fine-grained, unambiguous occurrences affecting the quality of recorded data. The motivation, implementation, and operation of this system is described.
© Springer-Verlag / Società Italiana di Fisica, 2012
