Title :
The ATLAS simulation in preparation for the LHC startup
Author :
Rimoldi, A. ; Gallas, M. ; Acqua, A. Dell´ ; Simone, A. Di ; Ueda, I. ; Marshall, Z.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Pavia & INFN, Pavia
fDate :
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Abstract :
The commissioning phase for the ATLAS experiment, now in preparation of the switching on of the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) machine, is a challenge for every development since now performed. The simulation program is in this line, it is operational and running with full functionality within the ATLAS common framework Athena. The latest developments are towards an enhanced versatility, to cope with the increasing needs of developers and users, and easiness in use by a big community such as ATLAS reaching now more than 2000 potential users. Emphasis in this talk is towards the new functionality recently added, validation and production strategy as well as improved robustness and maintainability.
Keywords :
high energy physics instrumentation computing; position sensitive particle detectors; ATLAS simulation; LHC; Large Hadron Collider machine; detector simulation software; robustness; Application software; Degradation; Detectors; Information geometry; Large Hadron Collider; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Performance evaluation; Physics; Software testing; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436460
