An Overview of the Database Framework for GEM Detector under CMS Experiment at CERN

Conference · Mon Oct 21 04:00:00 EDT 2019 · PoS

DOI:https://doi.org/10.22323/1.351.0016· OSTI ID:1839563

Imran, Muhammad ^[1]; Shad, Rao Atif ^[1]; Ur-Rehman, Adeel ^[1]; Joshi, Umeshwar ^[2]; Silale, Aivaras ^[3]; Kamon, Teruki ^[4]

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1. National Centre for Physics, Islamabad (Pakistan)
2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States). Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics
3. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
4. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)

In this paper, we give an overview of the database framework which we have developed for the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) Detector at CERN. The GEM constitutes a powerful addition to the family of fast radiation detectors; originally developed for particle physics experiments, and has spawned a large number of developments and applications. The GEM database framework comprises four components. The first component is the database itself. There are three instances of the database which have been deployed. One is for the development purpose which contains test data, other one is for the integration purposes while the last one is for the production purpose which contains real data. The database further comprises various schemas and each schema consists of different tables in it. We use separate schemas for various types of tables. The second component of the database framework is called DB Loader. The DB Loader is used to load data into database. The data is prepared in the predefined format which is in the XML form. Then the xml file is copied into a spool area of the server in which DB loader is running. Once the file is copied, the DB Loader loads the file into the database. The loader returns appropriate status codes after performing database insertion/update operation. The status of the database operations is checked against the status code which is returned by the loader. The third component of the database framework comprises graphical user interface (GUI). This is a web-based interface which can be accessed from the internet. This interface is basically used for the detector construction and to perform various quality control tests on the detector and its components. The last component of the database framework is called online monitoring system (OMS). The OMS is data visualization framework for the various detectors of the CMS experiment at CERN. It is also used to display data for the GEM. It enables users to view and retrieve database contents without having to learn database specifics.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1839563
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-19-748-CMS-PPD; oai:inspirehep.net:1766691
• Conference Information: Journal Name: PoS Journal Volume: ISGC2019
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English