Dear Bjorn, although the Z vertex distirbution is very wide if we have enough events it should be possible to find a well defined mean z for the the ZDC and TPM1. Thus a profile plot, with option ' ' for error on mean, of Z versus multiplicity would be useful. Thanks for helping on this. Yours Michael Quoting Bjorn H Samset <bjornhs@rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Hironori Ito wrote: > > > However, if you still suspect the other detector is > > > the cause of this dependence, talk to Bjorn or someone who is working > on > > TPM1 vertex if TPM1 has any multiplicity dependence. > > Hi Hiro, Michael et al. > > I'm sorry it took a few days for me to get into this - I've been busy > with > some non-brahms stuff. > > I have not noticed any mult-dependent offset in the ZDC vertex or in > the > TPC vertex, but it has been a while since I really checked this. I have > very recent trees with all the needed data, so I'll look into it > sometime > tomorrow. One thing to remember here, of the top of my head, is that > because of the nature of the TPC vertex it will always bias your event > sample towards higher multiplicities. While this should not affect the > z > position itself, it would perhaps emphasize any perviously unseen mult > dependance. > > I'll get back to you on this tomorrow :-) > > ------------------------------------------------ > Bjorn H. Samset > Master-student in Heavy Ion physics > Mob: +47 92 05 19 98 Office: +47 22 85 77 62 > Adr: Kri 2A709 Sognsveien 218 0864 Oslo > > Michael Murray, Cyclotron TAMU, 979 845 1411 x 273, Fax 1899
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