• DocumentCode
    1268966
  • Title

    The Software behind the Higgs Boson Discovery

  • Author

    Rousseau, David

  • Author_Institution
    Orsay Université Paris-Sud
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    In this column, David Rousseau describes the enormous software development effort associated with teasing out evidence for the elusive Higgs boson, a cornerstone of the Standard Model. In keeping with previous Impact columns, everything about this is huge but the application is unique.
  • Keywords
    Higgs bosons; physics computing; software engineering; Higgs boson discovery; software development; standard model; Nuclear physics; Particle collisions; Physcis; Software development; Software engineering; Atlas; CERN; Higgs boson; decay; impact; nuclear research; physics; software development; software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2012.123
  • Filename
    6276293
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1268966