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LHADA: What It Is and Why It Matters Harrison Prosper, Sezen Sekmen, Gokhan Ünel for the LHADA Team Fermilab, 17 October 2017 Special Thanks To LHADA: What it is and Why it Matters Harrison Prosper, Sezen Sekmen, Gokhan Ünel for the LHADA Team Fermilab, 17 October 2017 Special thanks to Daniel Dercks Nishita Desai Philippe Gras Sabine Kraml Suchita Kulkarni Gokhan Ünel Federico Ambrogi Wolfgang Waltenberger Lukas Heinrich Jim Pivarski Roberto Leonardi Kati Lassila-Perini CERN Analysis Preservation Support Group 2 Archeology in Extremis 3 Archeology in Extremis It the euphoria of 1979, it never occurred to us that it may be worthwhile preserving the data collected at PETRA, much less the associated software, and analyses developed by the PETRA collaborations. 3 Archeology in Extremis It the euphoria of 1979, it never occurred to us that it may be worthwhile preserving the data collected at PETRA, much less the associated software, and analyses developed by the PETRA collaborations. The main interest that exciting year was convincing ourselves that we had found the gluon and celebrating its discovery by drinking beer! 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Bethke MPPSCCVUCTP Munich $$15.F99$,.$0U*)W#':$ In 2047, no one <^!D$0)H"#-: $$9)*#&$+-$O%e$OF-+H" $$$$$$*,$ should be forced $$$$$$$$$0$'=)99$E,]$ to engage in $$$$$$$$$,-$N,F&$4#'R$_ !"#$%&'()(*+%,''-)./%%%%00123124%%%%#$567%8*9:;</%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%!*.%=+>>?.%%%%#$56#$ extreme archeology exp. HEP data have cost in order to revive a lot of !/$/£/¥/! ! !"#$/012$1)*) +-$N,F&$W,HR#*@@@ the LHC data, not preserving them for long-time software, and future use and analyses. would be a crime „If the same (loss of data as at PETRA) will happen with LEP data, I will sue the CERN DG“ YAA$Ia (A well-known theorist after having seen reanalysed JADE results) !"#$%&'()(*+%,''-)./%%%%00123124%%%%#$567%8*9:;</%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%!*.%=+>>?.%%%%#$56#" Re-Analysis of JADE Data JADE meeting August 22, 2009 S. Bethke MPP Munich 16 5 Les Houches Analysis Description Accord LHADA is an analysis description language for the LHC. • It aims to be capable of describing any LHC analysis unambiguously. • Analysis details include all object and event selections, including those based on multivariate discriminants, quantities such as efficiency maps, and observables that are analytically and, or, algorithmically defined. • It can be exploited by any competent physicist with an interest in LHC physics to abstract, visualize, validate, combine, reproduce, interpret, and communicate the contents of LHC analyses. Previous Les Houches efforts have been very successful and useful: • Les Houches Event Accord • SUSY Les Houches Accord 6 LHC LHADA: Why Does It Matter? accessible accessible data simulation LHC data Delphes, preservation BuckFast, efforts. Falcon Maximize … the impact of the LHC accessible analysis accessible results information Experimental analysis papers, HEPDATA, preservation / twikis… standard analysis description 7 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? 8 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? We want to maximize the intellectual impact of the LHC now, in the near future, and 30 or more years from now. 8 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? We want to maximize the intellectual impact of the LHC now, in the near future, and 30 or more years from now. • We may find it scientifically instructive to interpret LHC data jointly with astroparticle, astrophysical, and cosmological data. 8 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? We want to maximize the intellectual impact of the LHC now, in the near future, and 30 or more years from now. • We may find it scientifically instructive to interpret LHC data jointly with astroparticle, astrophysical, and cosmological data. • In 2047, it is unlikely that we shall be able to persuade governments to repeat the 7, 8, 13, and 14 TeV runs of CMS and ATLAS. And, besides, the physicists, who are now in their cribs, may be more inclined to lobby to build their own toy: the ALHC. 8 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? We want to maximize the intellectual impact of the LHC now, in the near future, and 30 or more years from now. • We may find it scientifically instructive to interpret LHC data jointly with astroparticle, astrophysical, and cosmological data. • In 2047, it is unlikely that we shall be able to persuade governments to repeat the 7, 8, 13, and 14 TeV runs of CMS and ATLAS. And, besides, the physicists, who are now in their cribs, may be more inclined to lobby to build their own toy: the ALHC. • In 2047, we are likely to have computational technology that is faster by several orders of magnitude, better modeling algorithms and tools, and better theoretical tools and theories, which today’s baby physicists may wish to deploy on the tens of millions of results in HepData V30.3.1 2047. 8 LHADA: Why Does It Matter? We want to maximize the intellectual impact of the LHC now, in the near future, and 30 or more years from now. • We may find it scientifically instructive to interpret LHC data jointly with astroparticle, astrophysical, and cosmological data. • In 2047, it is unlikely that we shall be able to persuade governments to repeat the 7, 8, 13, and 14 TeV runs of CMS and ATLAS. And, besides, the physicists, who are now in their cribs, may be more inclined to lobby to build their own toy: the ALHC. • In 2047, we are likely to have computational technology that is faster by several orders of magnitude, better modeling algorithms and tools, and better theoretical tools and theories, which today’s baby physicists may wish to deploy on the tens of millions of results in HepData V30.3.1 2047. 8 Genesis of LHADA Principles defined in the Les Houches 2015 new physics WG report (arXiv:1605.02684) Towards an analysis description accord for the LHC D. Barducci, A. Buckley, G. Chalons, E. Conte, N. Desai, N. de Filippis, B. Fuks, P. Gras, S. Kraml, S. Kulkarni, U. Laa, M. Papucci, C. Pollard, H. B. Prosper, K. Sakurai, D. Schmeier, S. Sekmen, D. Sengupta, J. Sonneveld, J. Tattersall, G. Unel, W. Waltenberger, A. Weiler. Abstract: We discuss the concept of an “analysis description accord" for LHC analyses, a format capable of describing the contents of an analysis in a standard and unambiguous way. We present the motivation for such an accord, the requirements upon it, and an initial discussion of the merits of several implementation approaches. With this, we hope to initiate a community-wide discussion that will yield, in due course, an actual accord. 9 LHADA for all and all for LHADA! TH/
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