Fast and Realistic OpenGL Displayer
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FROG is a generic framework dedicated to visualize events in a given geometry. It has been written in C++ and use OpenGL cross-platform libraries. Its first application is the visualization of events in the Compact Muon Solenoid
detector.
detector. This detector is located at CERN
and is dedicated to measure emitted particles produced by the collisions of high energetic protons accelerated by the Large Hadron Collider
.
Two other tools already exists in order to view events in the CMS detector : IGUANA and Fireworks.
However, FROG has the advantage to have been implemented as such that any particular physics experiments or detector designs can be visualized.
Moreover, in comparison with the 2 other event displayers, FROG is very light and very fast and can run on various Operating System (Windows, Linux, Mac OS). In addition, FROG is self consistent and does not require installation of big libraries generally used by High Energy physic experiments such as ROOT.
The article describes the principle of the algorithm and its many functionalities such as : 3D and 2D visualization, graphical user interface, mouse interface, configuration files, production of pictures of various format, integration of personal objects... Finally the application of FROG to the CMS experiment will be described.
Compact Muon Solenoid
The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland and France. Approximately 3,600 people from 183 scientific institutes, representing 38 countries form the CMS collaboration...
detector.
Introduction
FROG has been firstly written by Loïc Quertenmont and Vincent Roberfroid in order to view, in a matter of seconds, events in the Compact Muon SolenoidCompact Muon Solenoid
The Compact Muon Solenoid experiment is one of two large general-purpose particle physics detectors built on the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland and France. Approximately 3,600 people from 183 scientific institutes, representing 38 countries form the CMS collaboration...
detector. This detector is located at CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
and is dedicated to measure emitted particles produced by the collisions of high energetic protons accelerated by the Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It is expected to address some of the most fundamental questions of physics, advancing the understanding of the deepest laws of nature....
.
Two other tools already exists in order to view events in the CMS detector : IGUANA and Fireworks.
However, FROG has the advantage to have been implemented as such that any particular physics experiments or detector designs can be visualized.
Moreover, in comparison with the 2 other event displayers, FROG is very light and very fast and can run on various Operating System (Windows, Linux, Mac OS). In addition, FROG is self consistent and does not require installation of big libraries generally used by High Energy physic experiments such as ROOT.
The article describes the principle of the algorithm and its many functionalities such as : 3D and 2D visualization, graphical user interface, mouse interface, configuration files, production of pictures of various format, integration of personal objects... Finally the application of FROG to the CMS experiment will be described.