LHCiga

Large Hadron Collider Integrated Global Analysis (LHCiga) is an international research framework proposed to coordinate data analysis, software development, and theoretical collaboration across experiments at the Large Hadron Collider. The aim is to maximize scientific output from LHC operations by enabling cross-experiment analyses, standardizing data formats, and pooling computational resources.

LHCiga envisions participation from universities, national laboratories, and CERN member states, with governance including a steering committee, a science council, and specialized working groups on data management, detector performance, physics analyses, and theory.

Core activities include establishing common software tools and workflows, interoperable data models, distributed computing pipelines, joint review processes, and regular workshops and training programs.

Scientific priorities focus on precision Higgs boson measurements, tests of the Standard Model, and searches for new phenomena. By combining data and analyses across experiments, LHCiga seeks to improve result reproducibility and accelerate discoveries.

Relation to existing structures: LHCiga does not replace individual experiments but provides a framework for collaboration that spans them, leveraging CERN's facilities and the global science community. The initiative emphasizes open data practices, transparent methodologies, and long-term data preservation.