Publication of the Belle II Software

Journal Article · 05 May 2024 · EPJ Web of Conferences (Online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429505018 · OSTI ID:2446656

Kuhr, Thomas ^[1]; Bianchi, Fabizio ^[2]; De Pietro, Giacomo ^[3]; Jaffe, David  ^[4]; Meier, Frank ^[5]; Sevior, Martin ^[6]; Urquijo, Philipp ^[6]

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1. Ludwig Maximilian Univ. of Munich, Munich (Germany)
2. Univ. of Torino (Italy); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) (Italy)
3. Karlsruhe Inst. of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
4. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
5. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
6. Univ. of Melbourne, VIC (Australia)

The Belle II software was developed by a few hundred individual contributors over several years. Following the rising desire of making it publicly available, the collaboration established open source software policies and procedures. The political and technical challenges and their solutions at Belle II are discussed in this article. With the publication of the Belle II software, basf2, on GitHub and Zenodo in 2021 an important milestone towards open science was reached.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Grant/Contract Number: SC0012704
• OSTI ID: 2446656
• Report Number(s): BNL-226117-2024-JAAM
• Journal Information: EPJ Web of Conferences (Online), Journal Name: EPJ Web of Conferences (Online) Vol. 295; ISSN 2100-014X
• Publisher: EDP SciencesCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English