A browser-based event display for the CMS experiment at the LHC

The line between native and web applications is becoming increasingly blurred as modern web browsers are becoming powerful platforms on which applications can be run. Such applications are trivial to install and are readily extensible and easy to use. In an educational setting, web applications perm...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 396; no. 2; pp. 22022 - 3
Main Authors Hategan, M, McCauley, T, Nguyen, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2012
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Applications programs
Computer programs
HyperText Markup Language
Java (programming language)
Large Hadron Collider
Physics
Rendering
Software
Solenoids
Three dimensional
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Summary:The line between native and web applications is becoming increasingly blurred as modern web browsers are becoming powerful platforms on which applications can be run. Such applications are trivial to install and are readily extensible and easy to use. In an educational setting, web applications permit a way to deploy deploy tools in a highly-restrictive computing environment. The I2U2 collaboration has developed a browser-based event display for viewing events in data collected and released to the public by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The application itself reads a JSON event format and uses the JavaScript 3D rendering engine pre3d. The only requirement is a modern browser using HTML5 canvas. The event display has been used by thousands of high school students in the context of programs organized by I2U2, QuarkNet, and IPPOG. This browser-based approach to display of events can have broader usage and impact for experts and public alike.
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ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/396/2/022022