Abstract
Neutrino interaction events in the MINERνA detector are visually represented with a web-based tool called Arachne. Data are retrieved from a central server via AJAX, and client-side JavaScript draws images into the users browser window using the draft HTML 5 "standard". These technologies allow neutrino interactions to be viewed by anyone with a web browser, allowing for easy hand-scanning of particle interactions. Arachne has been used in MINERνA to evaluate neutrino data in a prototype detector, to tune reconstruction algorithms, and for public outreach and education.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 44-49 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 676 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This material is based upon work principally supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 085542 . The development of educational resources for is supported by NSF Grant No. 0619727 . The experiment and NuMI beamline are supported by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which is operated by the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC , under contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 , including the construction project, with the United States Department of Energy. Construction support also was granted by the United States National Science foundation under NSF Award PHY-0619727 and by the University of Rochester . Support for participating scientists was provided by NASA, NSF and DOE (USA) by CAPES and CNPq (Brazil), by CoNaCyT (Mexico), by CONICYT (Chile), by CONCYTEC, DGI-PUCP and IDI-UNI (Peru), and by Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF). Additional support came from Jeffress Memorial Trust (MK) and Research Corporation (EM).
Keywords
- AJAX
- Data visualization
- Event viewer
- HTML 5
- MINERνA experiment
- NuMI beam
- XML