Engineering run data analysis ideas/plans

Short-term ER data analysis (ongoing)

• Data Validation semi-mindless run-through (done)
• Examination of data validation for features (Baker)
• Vtx, Mul, Spc run on ER data. (done)
• Si Pedestal, Noise vs. time (urgent: Rachid+Nigel)
• Gain vs. time (ignoring goofy channel shift)??
• Trackfinding (done)
• Alignment studies (Manly)

Further short-term ER data analysis

• Study beam blasts in spect. r-distribution, Nhits etc. (pick a few runs)
• CMN in multiplicity -  CMN vs. empties in pedestal events. (Chicago?)
• Crosstalk: empties in blast events vs. empties in pedestal events (Chicago?)
• Printout a nice beam gas event display (Pernegger?+Manly?)

Open-ended questions (need active involvement by hardware expert)

• Study "lines" in individual events in spectrometer - what are they?
  can we see evidence for them in the multiplicity detector
• Can we find evidence of cross-talk, lines or other bad features in the mult.
• Run through hundreds of event displays.

Use of ER data to test final chain (<November)

• Run final pedcalc,calcalc procedure on old data and look for anomalies
  NOTE: The sooner the better.
• Run final plastic pedcalc,calcalc,t0calc on old data (Roch+UMd+N.George)
• Develop and use trigger counter diagnostics on old data

Heinz requests which are lacking manpower:

• Detailed studies of pulse heights vs. angle and other hits in tracks
• Signal distributions using a clean sample

Discarded ideas (unless enthusiastic volunteers show up):

• Study of # of hits in various detectors vs. others
  (useless without final pedestals)
• Detailed studies of old pedcalc results
  (Should just study results of new pedcalc)

• TOF plots (only as desired/useful for Rochester)
• Further studies of MUL, VTX recon. on ER data?