by bystander » Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:24 pm
LHC@home 2.0
Welcome!
LHC@home 2.0 is a volunteer computing platform for physicists working at the
Large Hadron Collider - the world's largest particle accelerator - at
CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory. This platform will host several sub-projects for different LHC physics groups.
LHC@home 2.0 is an extension of the
LHC@home platform, launched in 2004 to help physicists simulate protons beam dynamics in the LHC. At that time, doing full-fledged simulations of particle collisions was beyond the scope of volunteer computing. But the evolution of computer software and hardware, and in particular the use of virtual machine technology, has enabled a breakthrough...LHC@home 2.0!
As a result you can now be part of a global effort to simulate data that physicists will use in their analysis of LHC data, by
running simulations of particle collisions on your home computer. The first project to run on the LHC@home 2.0 platform - currently in test phase - is called
Test4Theory.
Join us, and help scientists in their cutting edge research:
it's important!
Citizen Cyberscience Centre
CERN Press Release | 2011 Aug 08
Join the hunt for the Higgs boson with CERN's Citizen Cyberscience Centre
Science & Technology Facilities Council | 2011 Aug 08
Help Hunt the Higgs with LHC@home 2.0
Discovery News | Ian O'Neill | 2011 Aug 11
Simulate proton smashing with updated LHC@home
ars technica | John Timmer | 2011 Aug 12
[url=http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/LHCathome/Physics/][size=120][b][i]LHC@home 2.0[/i][/b][/size][/url]
[quote][size=110][b]Welcome![/b][/size]
LHC@home 2.0 is a volunteer computing platform for physicists working at the [url=http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/lhc-en.html][b]Large Hadron Collider[/b][/url] - the world's largest particle accelerator - at [url=http://www.cern.ch/][b]CERN[/b][/url], the European Particle Physics Laboratory. This platform will host several sub-projects for different LHC physics groups.
LHC@home 2.0 is an extension of the [url=http://cern.ch/LHCathome][b]LHC@home platform[/b][/url], launched in 2004 to help physicists simulate protons beam dynamics in the LHC. At that time, doing full-fledged simulations of particle collisions was beyond the scope of volunteer computing. But the evolution of computer software and hardware, and in particular the use of virtual machine technology, has enabled a breakthrough...LHC@home 2.0!
As a result you can now be part of a global effort to simulate data that physicists will use in their analysis of LHC data, by [url=http://boinc01.cern.ch/high-energy-physics-simulations][b]running simulations of particle collisions[/b][/url] on your home computer. The first project to run on the LHC@home 2.0 platform - currently in test phase - is called [url=http://boinc01.cern.ch/about-test4theory][b]Test4Theory[/b][/url].
[url=http://boinc01.cern.ch/join-us][b]Join us[/b][/url], and help scientists in their cutting edge research: [url=http://boinc01.cern.ch/why-so-important][b]it's important![/b][/url]
[url=http://www.citizencyberscience.net/][b][i]Citizen Cyberscience Centre[/i][/b][/url] [/quote]
[float=right][url=http://www.citizencyberscience.net/][img]http://www.stfc.ac.uk/resources/image/jpg/thumbnails_200/CCC-logo.jpg[/img][/url][/float][url=http://press.web.cern.ch/press/PressReleases/Releases2011/PR13.11E.html][b][i]CERN supports European Year of Volunteering through Citizen Cyberscience Centre[/i][/b][/url]
CERN Press Release | 2011 Aug 08
[url=http://www.stfc.ac.uk/News%20and%20Events/36257.aspx][b][i]Join the hunt for the Higgs boson with CERN's Citizen Cyberscience Centre[/i][/b][/url]
Science & Technology Facilities Council | 2011 Aug 08
[url=http://news.discovery.com/space/hunting-the-higgs-boson-from-home-110811.html][b][i]Help Hunt the Higgs with LHC@home 2.0[/i][/b][/url]
Discovery News | Ian O'Neill | 2011 Aug 11
[url=http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/virtual-particles-cern-updates-lhchome.ars][b][i]Simulate proton smashing with updated LHC@home[/i][/b][/url]
ars technica | John Timmer | 2011 Aug 12