A Novel Cloud-Based Framework for Standardised Simulations in the Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO)

TL;DR

This paper presents a new cloud-based framework for standardised simulations in the LAGO observatory, enhancing collaborative astrophysics research and supporting open science initiatives across Latin America.

Contribution

It introduces a novel cloud-based simulation framework adapted for LAGO, enabling standardized, scalable, and collaborative astrophysics data analysis.

Findings

Successful implementation of the cloud-based simulation platform

Enhanced standardization and collaboration in LAGO data processing

Support for open science and long-term sustainability initiatives

Abstract

LAGO, the Latin American Giant Observatory, is an extended cosmic ray observatory, consisting of a wide network of water Cherenkov detectors located in 10 countries. With different altitudes and geomagnetic rigidity cutoffs, their geographic distribution, combined with the new electronics for control, atmospheric sensing and data acquisition, allows the realisation of diverse astrophysics studies at a regional scale. It is an observatory designed, built and operated by the LAGO Collaboration, a non-centralised alliance of 30 institutions from 11 countries. While LAGO has access to different computational frameworks, it lacks standardised computational mechanisms to fully grasp its cooperative approach. The European Commission is fostering initiatives aligned to LAGO objectives, especially to enable Open Science and its long-term sustainability. This work introduces the adaptation of LAGO to this paradigm within the EOSC-Synergy project, focusing on the simulations of the expected astrophysical signatures at detectors deployed at the LAGO sites around the World.