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Presently, \(\gamma \)-ray tracking in germanium segmented detectors is realised by applying two advanced, complex algorithms. While they have already triggered an intensive R &D, they are still subject to further improvements. Running the common code for these core algorithms in both the online/real-time and offline data pipelines posed significant challenges. These were addressed in current production software, but also require continued attention in view of significant on-going paradigm shifts in both hardware and software technology. This review paper gives an overview of the various software components produced so far by the AGATA collaboration. It provides hints of what is foreseen for the next phases of the project up to its full configuration namely with 180 capsules in the array.

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This manuscript has associated data in a data repository. [Authors’ comment: Data access is governed by the AGATA Data Policy (https://www.agata.org/acc/data_policy)].

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the whole AGATA collaboration. The production of all the essential bricks of software, their maintenance and optimisation is the result of a constant and tremendous amount of hard work involving a huge number of people in many European laboratories. Particular thanks go also to the skilled engineering and technical staff at the various host facilities for taking the additional charge of running the system during the physics campaigns. Part of this project has received financial support from the CNRS through the MITI interdisciplinary programs.

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  1. Université de Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, UMR5822, IP2I, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    O. Stézowski, J. Dudouet & G. Baulieu

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Italy

    A. Goasduff, M. Balogh, D. Brugnara, M. Sedlak & N. Toniolo

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy

    S. Brambilla

  4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy

    D. Bazzacco

  5. IJCLab, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, 91405, Orsay, France

    A. Korichi, Y. Aubert, N. Dosme, S. Elloumi, P. Gauron, X. Grave, J. Jacob, V. Lafage, E. Legay, P. Le Jeannic, J. Ljungvall, R. Molina, G. Philippon & M. Taurigna-Quere

  6. GANIL, CEA/DRF-CNRS/IN2P3, BP 55027, 14076, Caen cedex 5, France

    A. Lemasson

  7. Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen UMR6534, F-14000, Caen, France

    A. Matta

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Y. Aubert: Deceased.

X. Grave: The author is on leave from IJCLab-CNRS

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Stézowski, O., Dudouet, J., Goasduff, A. et al. Advancements in software developments. Eur. Phys. J. A 59, 119 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01025-4

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