Re: ZDC Vertex

From: Michael Murray (murray@CyclotronMail.tamu.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2001 - 14:48:08 EST

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       Dear Hiro,
                is the mean ZDC vertex itself multiplicity dependent?
    It is possible that their is a problem with slewing. I am working
    on setting up the ZDC database and putting more slewing corrections
    in.
                            Michael
    
    Quoting Hironori Ito <hito@students.phsx.ukans.edu>:
    
    > 	Hello.   The figure includes any events which ZDC and TPM1 cluster
    > vertex exist.  (I have to have TPM1 since that is what I am comparing 
    > with.)  There is no additional cuts.  Unless the TPM1 cluster vertex
    > has
    > multiplicity dependence, which I have not heard such a dependence, it is
    > coming
    > from ZDC vertex.   Maybe, the slewing correction is not quite right???
    > 
    > 	Hiro
    > 
    > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Michael Murray wrote:
    > 
    > >   Dear Hiro,
    > >           I guess that the figure was made only
    > > for events in which the BB and the TPM1 vertex
    > > failed. If so the effect you see could be induced
    > > by an (multiplicity dependent)
    > > inefficency in the vertex algorithm of 
    > > these detectors. Could you please remake the
    > > same plot for an unbiased sample of events from
    > > the same run. Ideally that would be just ZDC triggers.
    > >            Yours Michael
    > > 
    > > Quoting Hironori Ito <hito@students.phsx.ukans.edu>:
    > > 
    > > > 	Well.  I have another thought about fixing manually.  I can not
    > > > fix manually since I only use ZDC vertex when I do not have good
    > vertex
    > > > from BB or TPM1.  This means that I can not fix ZDC since I do not
    > have
    > > > any other reference to fix ZDC Vertex.  
    > > > 
    > > >   hiro
    > > > 
    > > > On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Hironori Ito wrote:
    > > > 
    > > > > 	Hello.  I have a question.  I remember reading the e-mail about
    > > > > ZDC_Vertex do not have Multiplicity dependence.  Well, I think it
    > is
    > > > > there.  Look at the figure "ZDC_TPM1_vertex.ps" in
    > > > > "http://pii3.brahms.bnl.gov/~hito".  The figure is produced from
    > > > > run 2336.  In this figure, the vertical scale is
    > > > > ZDC vertex - TPM1 (cluster) vertex, and the horizontal scale is
    > BB
    > > > > Mult.  Of cause, it is possible that BB Mult is wrong.  But, if I
    > use
    > > > > other mult such as Si and Tile mult, I see the same thing. 
    > > > Furthermore, I
    > > > > do not see this much dependence from BBVertex - TPM1 Vertex
    > although
    > > > > BBVertex have other problem.  Can someone look at this?  The fix
    > is
    > > > > needed since multiplicity in Si can easily is affected by 3-4 cm
    > shift
    > > > of
    > > > > vertex.  Until it is fixed, I will manually (in my own code) fix
    > > > ZDCVertex
    > > > > to align to TPM1 vertex.  
    > > > > 
    > > > > 	Hiro
    > > > > 
    > > > > 
    > > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > Michael Murray, Cyclotron TAMU, 979 845 1411 x 273, Fax 1899
    > > 
    > 
    
    
    
    Michael Murray, Cyclotron TAMU, 979 845 1411 x 273, Fax 1899
    



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