Atlantis is a very powerful Java-based tool for visualizing ATLAS events:
Using Atlantis in Garching:
- The package is installed in /software/atlas/atlantis
- /software/atlas/atlantis/run_atlantis.sh starts Atlantis (in general no further setup needed)
- A few sample events are available in /software/atlas/atlantis/test_events, to play with them make a softlink to your local dir:
ln -s /software/atlas/atlantis/test_events .
- Atlantis cannot use ESD/AOD files directly as input, it requires a special XML format for the events:
- This is generated using the JiveXML package
- the generation must be specified in the production step:
- In the full-chain production simply a further option is needed during the reconstruction step:
- athena -c doJiveXML=True jobOptions.py
- For the Atlfast production another joboption file needs to be specified,
- Either on the commandline
athena.py FastSimToAOD_topOptions.py JiveXML/JiveXMLAtlfast_jobOptionFragment.py
- or with some additional properties in the JO file:
- # JiveXML for Atlantis
include( "JiveXML/JiveXMLAtlfast_jobOptionFragment.py" )
EventData2XML = Algorithm( "EventData2XML" )
EventData2XML.FileNamePrefix = "Zmm_Priv"
- The ATLAS Twiki WorkBook
gives good instructions and examples for working with Atlantis