The ZEUS long term data preservation project

TL;DR

The ZEUS data preservation project ensures long-term access to experimental data and documentation, enabling ongoing scientific analysis, verification of models, and guiding future research efforts in high-energy physics.

Contribution

This paper introduces the ZEUS DP project, highlighting its approach to data preservation and its benefits for ongoing and future physics research.

Findings

Enhanced analysis opportunities within ZEUS data

Support for verification of theoretical models

Guidance for future experiment planning

Abstract

The ZEUS data preservation (ZEUS DP) project assures continued access to the data and documentation related to the experiment. It aims to provide the ability to continue the generation of valuable scientific results from these data in the future. This talk presents analysis opportunities within the ZEUS DP project and its benefits for the physics community. The implications of the preserved data are discussed in the context of current data analyses, verification of contemporary and future theoretical models and the planning of future experiments and analyses. The detailed documentation on the data preservation effort can serve as an example for the data preservation efforts in current and future experiments.