The Control Unit of the KM3NeT Data Acquisition System
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The KM3NeT Collaboration runs a multi-site neutrino observatory in the Mediterranean Sea. Water Cherenkov particle detectors, deep in the sea and far off the coasts of France and Italy, are already taking data while incremental construction progresses. Data Acquisition Control software is operating off-shore detectors as well as testing and qualification stations for their components. The software, named Control Unit, is highly modular. It can undergo upgrades and reconfiguration with the acquisition running. Interplay with the central database of the Collaboration is obtained in a way that allows for data taking even if Internet links fail. In order to simplify the management of computing resources in the long term, and to cope with possible hardware failures of one or more computers, the KM3NeT Control Unit software features a custom dynamic resource provisioning and failover technology, which is especially important for ensuring continuity in case of rare transient events in multi-messenger astronomy. The software architecture relies on ubiquitous tools and broadly adopted technologies and has been successfully tested on several operating systems.
Source: Computer Physics Communications
Authors: S. Aiello, F. Ameli, M. Andre, G. Androulakis, M. Anghinolfi, G. Anton, M. Ardid, J. Aublin, C. Bagatelas, G. Barbarino, B. Baret, S. Basegmez du Pree, M. Bendahman, E. Berbee, A.M. van den Berg, V. Bertin, V. van Beveren, S. Biagi, A. Biagioni, M. Bissinger, J. Boumaaza, S. Bourret, M. Bouta, G. Bouvet, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, M. Bruchner, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, D. Calvo, A. Capone, S. Celli, M. Chabab, N. Chau, S. Cherubini, V. Chiarella, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J.A.B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, M. Colomer Molla, S. Colonges, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, A. D’Onofrio, R. Dallier, M. De Palma, I. Di Palma, A.F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, R. Donà, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, M. Durocher, T. Eberl, I. El Bojaddaini, H. Eljarrari, D. Elsaesser, A. Enzenhöfer, P. Fermani, G. Ferrara, M.D. Filipović, A. Franco, L.A. Fusco, T. Gal, A. Garcia Soto, F. Garufi, L. Gialanella, E. Giorgio, S.R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, D. Grasso, T. Grégoire, G. Grella, D. Guderian, C. Guidi, S. Hallmann, H. Hamdaoui, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, J.J. Hernández-Rey, J. Hofestädt, F. Huang, G. Illuminati, C.W. James, P. Jansweijer, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, M. Kadler, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U.F. Katz, N.R. Khan Chowdhury, F. van der Knaap, E.N. Koffeman, P. Kooijman, A. Kouchner, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, R. Le Breton, F. Leone, E. Leonora, G. Levi, M. Lincetto, M. Lindsey Clark, A. Lonardo, F. Longhitano, D. Lopez-Coto, G. Maggi, J. Mańczak, K. Mannheim, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, G. Martignac, L. Martin, J.A. Martínez-Mora, A. Martini, F. Marzaioli, S. Mazzou, R. Mele, K.W. Melis, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, P. Mijakowski, L.S. Miranda, C.M. Mollo, M. Morganti, M. Moser, A. Moussa, R. Muller, M. Musumeci, L. Nauta, S. Navas, C.A. Nicolau, C. Nielsen, B. Ó Fearraigh, M. Organokov, A. Orlando, V. Panagopoulos, G. Papalashvili, R. Papaleo, C. Pastore, G.E. Păvălaş, C. Pellegrino, M. Perrin-Terrin, P. Piattelli, C. Pieterse, K. Pikounis, O. Pisanti, C. Poirè, G. Polydefki, V. Popa, M. Post, T. Pradier, G. Pühlhofer, S. Pulvirenti, L. Quinn, F. Raffaelli, N. Randazzo, A. Rapicavoli, S. Razzaque, D. Real, S. Reck, J. Reubelt, G. Riccobene, M. Richer, L. Rigalleau, A. Rovelli, I. Salvadori, D.F.E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, M. Sanguineti, A. Santangelo, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, V. Sciacca, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, F. Simeone, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, J. Steijger, S.M. Stellacci, B. Strandberg, D. Stransky, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, E. Tenllado, T. Thakore, S. Tingay, E. Tzamariudaki, D. Tzanetatos, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, F. Versari, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, G. de Wasseige, J. Wilms, R. Wojaczyński, E. de Wolf, D. Zaborov, A. Zegarelli, J.D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga
Institutions: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos", Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitat Politècnica de València, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Université Paris Diderot, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, University of Naples Federico II, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Mohammed V University, University of Groningen, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre de physique des particules de Marseille, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, Sapienza University of Rome, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de València, Instituto de Física Corpuscular, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Institut Universitaire de France
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,550
Funders: National Science Foundation, “la Caixa” Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Generalitat Valenciana, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Conseil Régional, Île-de-France, Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Narodowym Centrum Nauki, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Universitaire de France, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Autoritatea Natională pentru Cercetare Stiintifică, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de la Formation des Cadres, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Junta de Andalucía, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, European Regional Development Fund, Labex UnivEarthS
Awards: G106933437, G1323502114, NExT (I-SITE), G1527675012, G15967578, G1652118567, G1765473351, G184749188, G1890289885, G2599072453, G304773848, G3232492675, G3438688099, G431208243, G4618375003, G4774453313, G4866930200, G5208055953, G5607530210, G603588730, G6127107887, Innovative doctoral programme for talented early-stage researchers in Spanish host organisations excellent in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)., G6728930308, G7119981306, G7240651115, G7376787254, NAT-NET: Neutrino and Astroparticle Theory Network, G8058166249, G8170431560, G8227847156, Demonstration of Ability to Establish the Mass Ordering of Neutrinos in the Sea, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, G8710804636, Earth - Planets - Universe: observation, modeling, transfer
OpenAlex ID: W3035018125