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The LHCb Stripping Project: Sustainable Legacy Data Processing for High-Energy Physics

Grieser, Nathan Allen
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Rodrigues, Eduardo
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Sahoo, Niladri
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December 1, 2025
Computing and Software for Big Science

The LHCb Stripping project is a pivotal component of the experiment’s data processing framework, designed to refine vast volumes of collision data into manageable samples for offline analysis. It ensures the re-analysis of Runs 1 and 2 legacy data, maintains the software stack, and executes (re-)Stripping campaigns. As the focus shifts toward newer data sets, the project continues to optimize infrastructure for both legacy and live data processing. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the Stripping framework, detailing its Python-configurable architecture, integration with LHCb computing systems, and large-scale campaign management. We highlight organizational advancements, such as GitLab-based workflows, continuous integration, automation, and parallelized processing, alongside computational challenges. Finally, we discuss lessons learned and outline a future road-map to sustain efficient access to valuable physics legacy data sets for the LHCb collaboration.

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research article
DOI
10.1007/s41781-025-00151-6
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105023375852

Author(s)
Grieser, Nathan Allen

University of Cincinnati

Rodrigues, Eduardo

University of Liverpool

Sahoo, Niladri

University of Birmingham

Sheng, Shuqi  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Skidmore, Nicole

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine

Smith, Mark

Imperial College London

Date Issued

2025-12-01

Published in
Computing and Software for Big Science
Volume

9

Issue

1

Article Number

21

Subjects

Data processing and offline analysis

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High-energy physics

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LHCb experiment

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LPHE-OS  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

UK Science and Technology Facilities Council

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NSFC

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11961141015,12175245,12188102,W2443008

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US National Science Foundation

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PHY-2411665

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December 8, 2025
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