CMS Tools and Resources

• Getting Started on CMS at CMU:

  • HEPCMSIntro

• XSDB: Get the cross sections of simulated CMS datasets

  • XSDB

• Trigger menu with recorded luminosity information

  • HLTPathsRunIIList

• CMS Data Aggregation Service (DAS): Look up information about datasets like storage locations, sizes, files

  • DAS

• McM (Monte-carlo Management): Central database of simulated CMS samples

  • McM

• PhEDEx (No idea what this stands for...): Where you make requests for datasets to be moved to locations where you can access them, eg. Fermilab (T3_US_FNALPC)

  • PhEDEx

• CMSSW GitHub:

  • CMSSW GitHub

• CINCO: Look up when/where/who for upcoming conferences and public CMS talks. Apply to give talks.

  • CINCO

• LHCHXSWG (LHC Higgs cross section working group): Get up to date and recommended SM Higgs cross sections and branching ratios.

  • LHCHXSWG

• Indico:

  • CMS General Meetings
  • CMU CMS group meetings

• Grid Certificate

  • ObtainingCert
  • StepByStepGridInstructions2019

• CMS Talk

  • CMS Talk

• CMSSW MC Production Slides

  • MC Production Slides