The flow diagram below represents a typical HEP experiment, from the operation of the detector to the publication of results. At each step there are issues of Software Development, Data Processing and Communication. See also the lecture Application Overview You can also look for help on computing topics based on the type of software
Monte Carlo DAQ
(event simulation) (data acquisition)
| |
/ v v \
/ | | \
/ +------------+------------+ \
/ | \
/ v \
/ | \
/ +------------+ \
/ | Raw Data | \
/ +------------+ \
/ | \
/ v \
/ | \
/ Reconstruction \
/ (turning detector \
/ output into events) \
/ | \
Software Development v Data Processing
(writing, debugging and managing) | (running jobs)
\ +--------------------+ /
\ | Physics Data Set | /
\ +--------------------+ /
\ | /
\ v /
\ | /
\ Analysis /
\ (extracting /
\ physics) /
\ | /
\ v /
\ | /
\ +-----------------+ /
\ | Physics Results | /
\ +-----------------+ /
\ | /
\ v /
\ | /
\ Publication /
\ (reporting results) /
\ /
\ /
\ /
Communication
(using the network)