From ad85bcfc8f8a422b36720a046295650960da56ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vitalii Lisovskyi Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:21:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explained how to find real data in bkk Closes #155 --- first-analysis-steps/bookkeeping.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/first-analysis-steps/bookkeeping.md b/first-analysis-steps/bookkeeping.md index f13754a7..11ba8ce8 100644 --- a/first-analysis-steps/bookkeeping.md +++ b/first-analysis-steps/bookkeeping.md @@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ straight to: by typing this path and pressing the `Go` button. {% endcallout %} +Now, let's get to the real data! + +Let's assume the drop-down menu at the bottom of the "Bookkeeping tree" tab is changed to `Event +type`, as in the previous case. The real data is stored in the directory `LHCb` (as opposed to `MC` for the simulation). Navigating inside this directory, you may find the folders corresponding to the various datasets, for example, calibration data taken in different years, or the actual collision data. +If you are interested in analysing the dataset of proton-proton collisions for a given year (say 2016), you should find a directory called `Collision16`. +This is different for collisions involving other particles than protons, each of them has its own directory (e.g. `Protonhelium18` or `Lead15`). + +We will focus on the proton-proton collisions here. Inside the `Colision16` folder, you will find a set of event types. +The ones which are the most important are `90000000` corresponding to the data processed by the Stripping framework, and `94000000` corresponding to the Turbo data. If you would like to use the Stripping dataset, select the necessary data taking conditions (e.g. `Beam6500GeV-VeloClosed-MagDown`), navigate to the `Real Data` and select the version of the Reconstruction (e.g. `Reco16`). You will see a list of available Stripping versions for a given dataset. +Inside each of the folders, you find a list of `DST` and `MDST` files corresponding to different streams, and sub-folders containing so-called Working Group Productions, which are the reduced versions of relevant streams with certain preselection applied. +Similar strategy holds for the Turbo dataset, but instead of selecting the Reconstruction and Stripping versions, one has to choose the version of the Turbo. + + {% challenge "Find your own decay!" %} Think of a decay and try to find a Monte Carlo sample for it. You could use the decay that your analysis is about, or if you don't have any ideas you