Speaker
Andreu Pacheco Pages
(Institut de Física d'Altes Energies - Barcelona (ES))
Description
In this presentation we will review the ATLAS Monte Carlo production setup including the different production steps involved in full and fast detector simulation. A report on the Monte Carlo production campaigns during Run-I, Long Shutdown 1 (LS1) and status of the production for Run-2 will be presented. The presentation will include the details on various performance aspects. Important improvements in the workflow and software will be highlighted.
Besides standard Monte Carlo production for data analyses at 7 and 8 TeV, the production accommodates for various specialised activities. These range from extended Monte Carlo validation, Geant4 validation, pileup simulation using zero bias data and production for various upgrade studies. The challenges of these activities will be discussed.
Primary authors
Andreu Pacheco Pages
(Institut de Física d'Altes Energies - Barcelona (ES))
Jose Enrique Garcia Navarro
(Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (ES))
Co-authors
Alexandre Vaniachine
(ATLAS)
Claire Gwenlan
(University of Oxford (GB))
James Ferrando
(University of Oxford)
Jiahang Zhong
(University of Oxford (GB))
John Derek Chapman
(University of Cambridge (GB))
Sascha Mehlhase
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Muenchen (DE))
Vakho Tsulaia
(Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))
