A large MULANA based analysis package, written in FORTRAN, for computing the cross section for proton - nucleus collisions at 400 GeV/c momentum from data taken in experiment E609 at FNAL, was implemented on a Z-386, 16 MHz microcomputer workstation featuring an 80 Mbyte hard drive, and a three Gbyte 8-mm Exebyte tape drive, based in the Ball State High Energy Physics Laboratory, in a feasibility study of conducting such analysis on a workstation as a viable alternative and/or adjunct to the Ball State University VAX system. One of 40 large 1600 bpi 9-track data tapes from Experiment 609 provided the data file for the computation. The analysis package was first run on the VAX system. Special problems solved in connection with using the software package included converting the large data file to a suitable form for use at the workstation, transporting that file from the VAX to the workstation, modifying the VAX FORTRAN software package for implementation in the OS/2 workstation operating system environment, and graphical exposition of the results. With the results of conducting the analysis on the VAX system serving as a benchmark, it was determined first that the quantitative analysis results were identical, second, that computing times were similar, and third that the workstation provided unique conveniences. Overall, the results showed that the workstation is a reasonable alternative to using the VAX for High Energy Physics analysis work but also suggest the attractiveness of using similar but faster workstations in the near future. / Department of Physics and Astronomy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/184170 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Creators | Jin, Daming |
| Contributors | Ball State University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy., Thomas, Gerald P. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | vi, 107, 53, 3, 24, 1, 2 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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