C1 results

From: Claus O. E. Jorgensen (ekman@nbi.dk)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 10:37:50 EDT

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    The C1 software gives nicer results now, and I would like
    to commit it soon. You can download some plots at:
    
    http://www.nbi.dk/~ekman/trackDistToHit.ps.gz
    http://www.nbi.dk/~ekman/blobenergy.ps.gz
    http://www.nbi.dk/~ekman/eVsP.ps.gz
    
    I have a few questions and consideration I would like to
    share with you.
    
    - C1 geometry: I align the geometry by looking at the
      distance between track (p>4) intersections with C1 backplane
      and tubes with a clear signal. The (2D) distribution show
      a flat peak around 0,0 (is the geometry is right). The
      width of the peak gives me the blob radius
      (width = tubewidth + blobradius) - the blob radius is around 5 cm.
      A tuned geometry (for 6 deg) can be found in
      /direct/brahms+u/ekman/SixD.geo at the rcas machines.
    
    - Finding a C1 hit: I project FFS tracks to the C1 backplane
      and find tubes that are hit by the blob (defined by the
      trackintersection and the blobradius). I then sum the
      energy of these tubes. This gives me a blob energy
      with a pion peak (see plot). The separation gets better
      for higher momentum (see plot), but I'm not sure if it's
      good enough - what do you think?
    
    - Adc Gain calibration: I've made a rough adc gain calibration
      of the C1 tubes by looking at the energy spectrum when
      a track with p>4 hits in the middle of the tube (3x3 cm).
      Some of the spectra look really nice, but some of them are
      really crappy - I hope to improve this when I get more stat.
      I don't know if we should apply a threshold on the energy
      before we call it a signal in the tube, or if it's a
      better idea only to cut in the blob energy. For now I cut
      if the energy is < 0.2 * adcgain (this makes the eVsP plot
      look very nice), I didn't use the pedestal width. The problem
      is that the signal is not clearly separated from the pedestal.
      Any ideas?
    
    - Code: I've done all this in a BrC1PidModule, and I planned
      to make a BrC1Pid class. How does this fit into the new
      track/particle/??? classes (Flemming, Peter, Jans-Ivar)?
      What data members should be in a BrC1Pid class (Yes/No,
      Confidence Level, energy...???).
    
    I think there is still room for some improvements (by making
    more precise gain calibration and more precise geometry).
    The result will probably also get better if hits in TOF1
    are required.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Claus
    
    
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