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Main Authors: Betts, Wayne, Chen, Jinhui, Fisyak, Yuri, Ke, Hongwei, Kisel, Ivan, Kisel, Pavel, Kozlov, Grigory, Landgraf, Jeffery, Lauret, Jerome, Ljubicic, Tonko, Ma, Yugang, Margetis, Spyridon, Qiu, Hao, Shen, Diyu, Shou, Qiye, Sun, Xiangming, Tang, Aihong, Van Buren, Gene, Vassiliev, Iouri, Xi, Baoshan, Ye, Zhenyu, Zhang, Zhengqiao, Zyzak, Maksym
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03537
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author Betts, Wayne
Chen, Jinhui
Fisyak, Yuri
Ke, Hongwei
Kisel, Ivan
Kisel, Pavel
Kozlov, Grigory
Landgraf, Jeffery
Lauret, Jerome
Ljubicic, Tonko
Ma, Yugang
Margetis, Spyridon
Qiu, Hao
Shen, Diyu
Shou, Qiye
Sun, Xiangming
Tang, Aihong
Van Buren, Gene
Vassiliev, Iouri
Xi, Baoshan
Ye, Zhenyu
Zhang, Zhengqiao
Zyzak, Maksym
author_facet Betts, Wayne
Chen, Jinhui
Fisyak, Yuri
Ke, Hongwei
Kisel, Ivan
Kisel, Pavel
Kozlov, Grigory
Landgraf, Jeffery
Lauret, Jerome
Ljubicic, Tonko
Ma, Yugang
Margetis, Spyridon
Qiu, Hao
Shen, Diyu
Shou, Qiye
Sun, Xiangming
Tang, Aihong
Van Buren, Gene
Vassiliev, Iouri
Xi, Baoshan
Ye, Zhenyu
Zhang, Zhengqiao
Zyzak, Maksym
contents To meet the demands of the Beam Energy Scan phase-II (BES-II) program, the STAR experiment at RHIC developed a dual real-time framework consisting of a High Level Trigger (HLT) and an Express Data Production system (xProduction). The HLT operates online within the Data Acquisition (DAQ) chain on a multicore CPU cluster, with optional acceleration using Xeon Phi coprocessors. It employs parallelized algorithms, such as the Cellular Automaton track finder, for fast tracking, vertexing, and event filtering, enabling real-time event selection and detector monitoring. In parallel, xProduction runs independently of the DAQ loop and performs near offline-quality calibration and reconstruction within hours. Using the express data stream, enhanced by HLT selections, and the STAR calibration framework, it enables early physics analysis and provides collaboration-wide access to analysis-ready datasets. Together, HLT and xProduction form a complementary system combining real-time selection with rapid high-quality reconstruction. This framework has enabled prompt reconstruction of the ${}^5_Λ\mathrm{He}$ hypernucleus and efficient processing of large datasets, demonstrating scalability for future high-luminosity experiments.
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spellingShingle The High Level Trigger and Express Data Production at STAR
Betts, Wayne
Chen, Jinhui
Fisyak, Yuri
Ke, Hongwei
Kisel, Ivan
Kisel, Pavel
Kozlov, Grigory
Landgraf, Jeffery
Lauret, Jerome
Ljubicic, Tonko
Ma, Yugang
Margetis, Spyridon
Qiu, Hao
Shen, Diyu
Shou, Qiye
Sun, Xiangming
Tang, Aihong
Van Buren, Gene
Vassiliev, Iouri
Xi, Baoshan
Ye, Zhenyu
Zhang, Zhengqiao
Zyzak, Maksym
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
To meet the demands of the Beam Energy Scan phase-II (BES-II) program, the STAR experiment at RHIC developed a dual real-time framework consisting of a High Level Trigger (HLT) and an Express Data Production system (xProduction). The HLT operates online within the Data Acquisition (DAQ) chain on a multicore CPU cluster, with optional acceleration using Xeon Phi coprocessors. It employs parallelized algorithms, such as the Cellular Automaton track finder, for fast tracking, vertexing, and event filtering, enabling real-time event selection and detector monitoring. In parallel, xProduction runs independently of the DAQ loop and performs near offline-quality calibration and reconstruction within hours. Using the express data stream, enhanced by HLT selections, and the STAR calibration framework, it enables early physics analysis and provides collaboration-wide access to analysis-ready datasets. Together, HLT and xProduction form a complementary system combining real-time selection with rapid high-quality reconstruction. This framework has enabled prompt reconstruction of the ${}^5_Λ\mathrm{He}$ hypernucleus and efficient processing of large datasets, demonstrating scalability for future high-luminosity experiments.
title The High Level Trigger and Express Data Production at STAR
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03537