https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125101004
Using CMS Open Data in research – challenges and directions
1 Helsinki Institute of Physics, Finland
2 CERN, Switzerland
3 Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
4 Siena College, USA
* e-mail: k.lassila-perini@cern.ch
** e-mail: clemens.lange@cern.ch
*** e-mail: ecarrera@usfq.edu.ec
**** e-mail: mbellis@siena.edu
Published online: 23 August 2021
The CMS experiment at CERN has released research-quality data from particle collisions at the LHC since 2014. Almost all data from the first LHC run in 2010–2012 with the corresponding simulated samples are now in the public domain, and several scientific studies have been performed using these data. This paper summarizes the available data and tools, reviews the challenges in using them in research, and discusses measures to improve their usability.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
