GAHTIe

High-throughput GPU computing for New Physics searches with electrons in LHCb

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In recent years, the LHCb experiment has found tantalizing hints of new quantum effects in very rare processes in which so-called B-particles decay to muons or electrons. Although combinations of several of such measurements seem to indicate a consistent picture (recently referred to as the ‘flavour anomalies’), no clear single observation of a so-called “New Physics” phenomenon has been made. This project aims to perform such a measurements by introducing a new computing scheme, in particular allowing the improved detection of electrons and neutral (uncharged) particles. The upgraded LHCb detector is currently being installed and is scheduled to start taking data in the autumn of 2021. Given current expectations, and with the proposed computing scheme, this project has the unique potential to make a first and ground-breaking discovery of new fundamental particles. A key component of the upgraded LHCb detector is the processing of an unprecedented data rate of 4 TB/s in software on a heterogeneous farm of general purpose graphics processors (GPGPUs) and CPU servers. This research proposes to extend the GPGPU-based data filter with advanced capabilities for electron reconstruction and classification to enable the discovery of new physics.

Participating organisations

Natural Sciences & Engineering
Natural Sciences & Engineering
Netherlands eScience Center
NIKHEF

Output

Team

Alessio Sclocco
Lead Research Software Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center
Ben van Werkhoven
Ben van Werkhoven
eScience Research Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center
Gijs van den Oord
Gijs van den Oord
eScience Research Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center
Rena Bakhshi
Programme Manager
Netherlands eScience Center
RA
Roel Aaij
SA
Suvayu Ali
eScience Research Engineer
Netherlands eScience Center

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