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The CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment is one of two large general-purpose detectors built on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Its goal is to investigate a wide range of physics such as the characteristics of the Higgs boson, extra dimensions or dark matter. -
ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) is a heavy-ion detector designed to study the physics of strongly interacting matter at extreme energy densities, where a phase of matter called quark-gluon plasma forms. More than 1000 scientists are part of the collaboration. -
The ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) experiment is a general-purpose detector exploring topics like the properties of the Higgs-like particle, extra dimensions of space, unification of fundamental forces and evidence for dark matter candidates in the Universe. -
The LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty) experiment aims to record the decay of particles containing b and anti-b quarks, known as B mesons. The detector is designed to gather information about the identity, trajectory, momentum and energy of each particle.
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To analyse CMS data, a Virtual Machine with the CMS analysis environment is provided. The data can be accessed directly through the VM. In the primary datasets, no selection nor identification criteria have been applied. The 2011 data release includes simulated Monte Carlo datasets, but no simulated datasets are provided for the 2010 release.
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According to the ALICE data preservation strategy, reconstructed data and Monte Carlo data as well as the analysis software and documentation needed to process them will be made available on a time scale of 5 years (for 10% of the data). Thus, the first release of ALICE research data will happen in 2018.
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According to the ATLAS Data Access Policy, reconstructed data and accompanying tools will be released after reasonable embargo periods.
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According to the LHCb External Data Access Policy, reconstructed data and accompanying tools will be released after reasonable embargo periods.