The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a gigantic machine that smashes particles together at near-light speeds is helping scientists uncover the secrets of the universe and explore the building blocks of matter.
As CERN recently revealed, The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has developed a new technique called real-time analysis, which makes it faster and simpler to filter and analyze experimental data. In the past, data collection and analysis took a long time and required significant resources.
With real-time analysis, the process is streamlined, allowing for quicker adjustments and immediate access to stored data for offline analysis.
From Traditional Trigger Systems to Real-Time Analysis
During previous runs, the LHCb’s trigger system, a mix of fast electronics and computer algorithms, selected interesting events from 30 million proton collisions per second. This reduced the data amount for further processing.
However, with the new method, the entire trigger system has been changed, and the whole detector is read out at a much faster rate.
Real-time reconstruction allows LHCb to select the most interesting events and compress the raw detector data in real time.
The Benefits of Real-Time Reconstruction for LHCb Experiments
This offers flexibility in choosing both the most intriguing events and the most interesting parts of each event, making better use of computing resources. As a result, around 10 gigabytes of data are recorded each second and made available for analysis.
In simpler terms, LHCb scientists have created a new technique that makes it easier and quicker to analyze data from their experiments. This method helps them adjust their equipment automatically and get results faster.
It also allows focusing on the most interesting events, making the best use of their resources.
