Dark Matter Graph

[kadrlica]

We would like to prototype out a graphical representation of dark matter probes. After some initial discussion, it seems like this can be divided into a few aspects:

• Derive the content in a way that minimizes the number of features (current idea is "Probe", "Measurement", "Target" framework (possibly with "Sensitivity" and "Model").
• Figure out a way build a connected graphical representation.
• Find a web interface to do this.

[kadrlica]

@andrew-zentner @bechtol @aimalz may all be interested in this.

[kadrlica]

@yymao was looking at some examples on D3.

[johannct]

I spent 2' on the D3 website and my head is spinning :) Probably a bit early to dive into that, but definitely a rich set of tools!

[drphilmarshall]

Sounds like a useful communication device! Did you talk about also linking the probes to a 4th (or maybe 0th) category, "Fundamental Physics Parameter"? Could be nice to see which probes get at which aspects of the nature of DM (perhaps with the notion of "X mostly measures Y").

[kadrlica]

Thanks for the feedback @drphilmarshall. The "fundamental physics" is absolutely on the docket (and is being discussed on slack). We decide to simplify away from this on the current iteration of the hack, but I expect we will add it back in as a "column 0" in future iterations.

[yymao]

The web app is hosted in this repo: https://github.com/lsstdarkmatter/dark-matter-graph

A preview of the web app is at: https://lsstdarkmatter.github.io/dark-matter-graph/

Comments welcome. @kadrlica @drphilmarshall @aimalz

[johannct]

Kudos! Is the preview automatically updated when the repo is modified? Is it possible to have a how-to in the Readme.md as to how to deploy it, assuming user install of the D3 toolkit?

[yymao]

@johannct For now, it does not automatically updates itself when the spreadsheet is changed.

I added how to view this web app locally in the README: https://github.com/lsstdarkmatter/dark-matter-graph#usage

You don't need to install D3 (as long as you have internet), but you do need to have python available.