https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/cern/ Recent content in Cern on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-10-self-hosted-particle-physics-root-uproot-awkward-guide/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-10-self-hosted-particle-physics-root-uproot-awkward-guide/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Particle physics experiments at CERN&rsquo;s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) generate petabytes of collision data annually — the ATLAS and CMS detectors alone produce over 100 petabytes each year. Analyzing this data requires specialized frameworks designed for the unique challenges of high-energy physics (HEP): hierarchical event structures, jagged arrays of varying-length particle collections, four-vector mathematics, and statistical inference at the boundaries of the Standard Model.</p>