Re: [BLAST_ANAWARE] Preliminary Cherenkov shielding analysis

From: Baris Tonguc (btonguc@MIT.EDU)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 12:17:16 EST


Hi,
Indeed the tube was taken from back CC box on beam right, namely RCC2, and
is at the bottom part of the box. FYI.

Baris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Dow" <kdow@MIT.EDU>
To: "Eugene J. Geis" <Eugene.Geis@asu.edu>;
<blast_anaware@rocko.lns.mit.edu>
Cc: <ricardo.alarcon@asu.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [BLAST_ANAWARE] Preliminary Cherenkov shielding analysis

>
> I believe the missing tube is in RC2, not RC0. At least, that's
> the tube that we removed several months ago -- the rearmost tube on the
> bottom of the rearmost Cerenkov. That would be consistent with the lower
> efficiency in RC2 compared to RC0 and 1 (aside from the fact that RC2 sees
> more BLAST field than RC0 or RC1, so it SHOULD be less efficient until
> shielding is added).
>
> Karen
>
> At 03:55 AM 3/1/2004 -0700, Eugene J. Geis wrote:
> >Hello, Sorry to inundate all of you with excessive Cerenkov numbers.
> >
> >Latest results corroborate the initial results. These figures are from
> >the most
> >recent batch of Deuterium runs... fromt he day shielding was installed to
this
> >very morning. I have updated my cuts to include trigger TYPE 1
> >Events. This is
> >solely a coincidence of R/L sector TOFs... Unfortunately error bars in
back
> >angle CC's are still a little large... More data will obviously lower
these.
> >And you can be sure I'll throw more numbers at you when my error bars are
> >smaller...
> >
> >**Total Sector efficiencies comprise cuts that require a negative charge
> >hitting
> >in ANY TOF from 0-10 with e'p Signatures, then taking these same events
and
> >seeing how many events have a hit in a CC on the same side. (#CC
> >events)/(#electron in events in TOF 0-10) = Total sector efficiency.
> >
> >Attached are also postscript files of the ADC spectra of the CC's with NO
> >Cuts,
> >and then with the exact same cuts that produce these efficiencies... One
can
> >notice the much broader ADC spectrum of the Left sector... even though
the
> >right
> >side still records higher efficiencies, now with R1 being our most
> >reliable...
> >Note: R0 is still missing one PMT. The slight discrepancy in events
> >between the
> >efficiency numbers below and the total events in the postscript plots is
> >due to
> >the runs being crunched while I am doing this analysis.
> >
> >CUTS: e'p reactions...
> >-----------------------
> >Must have a complete track, Tight vertex, Missing mass of the neutron,
> >respective charges in opposite sectors, trigger = 1, middle TOF's behind
> >each CC
> >must have a hit corresponding to these tracks.
> >
> >The RUNS I've used
> >--------------------------
> >5028-5030 5038-5044 5046-5050 5069-5070 5072-5074 5077-5081 5084-5090
> >5094-5098
> >5099-5100 5102-5107 5125-5131 5141-5148 5157-5161 5165-5167 5169-5171
> >5173-5175
> >5176-5179 5180 5182-5189 5193-5199 5201-5204
> >
> >Many of the last row are not fully crunched but thanks to Chi's Magic,
the
> >events processed thus far are able to be included...
> >
> >*************************************************************
> >Efficiencies Left Sector
> >------------------------
> >L0: 0.8607 +/- 0.0072 Total Hits: 19399
> >L1: 0.8094 +/- 0.0150 Total Hits: 4449
> >L2: 0.8505 +/- 0.0718 Total Hits: 194
> >
> >*************************************
> >Efficiencies Right Sector
> >------------------------
> >R0: 0.9386 +/- 0.0074 Total Hits: 18292
> >R1: 0.9535 +/- 0.0184 Total Hits: 2949
> >R2: 0.7855 +/- 0.0588 Total Hits: 289
> >
> >
> >*************************************
> >Total Sector CC Efficiencies
> >----------------------------
> >
> >Left Side: 0.8335 +/- 0.0045 Total Hits: 48757
> >
> >Right Side: 0.9233 +/- 0.0049 Total Hits: 41943
> >*******************************************************
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Quoting "Eugene J. Geis" <egeis@imap2.asu.edu>:
> >
> > > Continued CC analysis after shielding... As mentioned in the earlier
> > > email,
> > > notice the fluctuation of L1, L2 and R1 and R2. These are the EXACT
> > > SAME CUTS.
> > >
> > > By Monday all of these should be nailed down to within 1% or 2%...
> > > But
> > > again...
> > > Left Sector shows clear improvement!!!!! Hopefully shielding will be
put
> > > into
> > > the right side and push everything above 90% on the right!
> > >
> > > ***************************
> > > Efficiencies Left Sector
> > > ------------------------
> > > L0: 0.8669 +/- 0.0132 Total Hits: 5756
> > > L1: 0.8179 +/- 0.0261 Total Hits: 1472
> > > L2: 0.8425 +/- 0.0887 Total Hits: 127
> > >
> > > ***************************
> > > Efficiencies Right Sector
> > > ------------------------
> > > R0: 0.9298 +/- 0.0134 Total Hits: 5581
> > > R1: 0.8043 +/- 0.0284 Total Hits: 1242
> > > R2: 0.8268 +/- 0.0887 Total Hits: 127
> > >
> > > *****************************
> > > Total Sector CC Efficiencies
> > > ----------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Left Side: 0.8414 +/- 0.0082 Total Hits: 15050
> > >
> > > Right Side: 0.8836 +/- 0.0086 Total Hits: 13579
> > > *************************
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting "Eugene J. Geis" <egeis@imap2.asu.edu>:
> > >
> > > > Dear fellow Blasters...
> > > >
> > > > Below are preliminary Efficiency results of the shielding in the
> > > Left
> > > > side. I've
> > > > also included the right sector efficiencies as well. More
> > > statistics
> > > > are
> > > > certainly needed as indicated by low # of events in back angle CC's
> > > and
> > > > from
> > > > prior experience with the efficiencies of L1, L2, R1, and R2
> > > > fluctuating
> > > > considerably from run to run.
> > > >
> > > > But OVERALL... Left side looks astoundingly better. As mentioned by
> > > a
> > > > fellow
> > > > devotee there is also a considerable increase in the efficiency of
> > > the
> > > > right
> > > > side that is quite unexplainable. Results now follow:
> > > >
> > > > ====================================
> > > > --- CC Efficiency ---
> > > > ====================================
> > > >
> > > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEFORE Shielding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > Efficiencies BEFORE Shielding put into Left Sector
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > RUNS Used: 4871-4878 4880-4882 4883 4885-4892
> > > > ---------- All Deuterium Runs
> > > >
> > > > -------------------------------------
> > > > CUTS on Quasi-elastic e'p events
> > > > -------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > -Momentum of Electron abs(pwl-0.725)<0.13
> > > > -Vertex
> > > abs(zwl)<20.0&&abs(zwr)<20.0&&abs(zwl-zwr)<5.0
> > > > -Charge qwl==-1&&qwr==1
> > > > -No Cerenkov on Opposite Sector acr<0
> > > > -Missing mass of Neutron abs("+mm_L+"-0.9)<0.35
> > > > -Loose Phi Cut for noise abs(fwl-fwr+179.7)<30.0
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > =====================================================
> > > > -------------------- RESULTS --------------------
> > > > =====================================================
> > > >
> > > > *************************
> > > > Efficiencies Left Sector
> > > > ------------------------
> > > > L0: 0.7562 +/- 0.0190 Total Hits: 2777
> > > > L1: 0.3028 +/- 0.0307 Total Hits: 1060
> > > > L2: 0.5214 +/- 0.0845 Total Hits: 140
> > > >
> > > > **************************
> > > > Efficiencies Right Sector
> > > > -------------------------
> > > > R0: 0.8604 +/- 0.0186 Total Hits: 2901
> > > > R1: 0.5626 +/- 0.0276 Total Hits: 1310
> > > > R2: 0.3729 +/- 0.0574 Total Hits: 303
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *************************************
> > > > Total Sector CC Efficiencies
> > > > ----------------------------
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Left Side: 0.6015 +/- 0.0113 Total Hits: 7851
> > > >
> > > > Right Side: 0.7150 +/- 0.0106 Total Hits: 8874
> > > > *****************************************************
> > > > =====================================================
> > > > *****************************************************
> > > > =====================================================
> > > > *****************************************************
> > > >
> > > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER Shielding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > > Efficiencies AFTER Shielding put into Left Sector
> > > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > RUNS Used: 5028-5030 5038-5044 5046-5050
> > > > ---------- All Deuterium Runs
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > > CUTS on Quasi-elastic e'p events -SAME AS BEFORE...
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > -Momentum of Electron abs(pwl-0.725)<0.13
> > > > -Vertex abs(zwl)<20.0&&abs(zwr)<20.0&&abs(zwl-zwr)<5.0
> > > > -Charge qwl==-1&&qwr==1
> > > > -No Cerenkov on Opposite Sector acr<0
> > > > -Missing mass of Neutron abs("+mm_L+"-0.9)<0.35
> > > > -Loose Phi Cut for noise abs(fwl-fwr+179.7)<30.0
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > =====================================================
> > > > -------------------- RESULTS --------------------
> > > > =====================================================
> > > >
> > > > *************************
> > > > Efficiencies Left Sector
> > > > ------------------------
> > > > L0: 0.8400 +/- 0.0216 Total Hits: 2137
> > > > L1: 0.7791 +/- 0.0546 Total Hits: 335
> > > > L2: 0.8140 +/- 0.1525 Total Hits: 43
> > > >
> > > > **************************
> > > > Efficiencies Right Sector
> > > > -------------------------
> > > > R0: 0.9326 +/- 0.0212 Total Hits: 2227
> > > > R1: 0.9368 +/- 0.0629 Total Hits: 253
> > > > R2: 0.7556 +/- 0.1491 Total Hits: 45
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ******************************
> > > > Total Sector CC Efficiencies
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Left Side: 0.8253 +/- 0.0139 Total Hits: 5185
> > > >
> > > > Right Side: 0.9106 +/- 0.0141 Total Hits: 5047
> > > > *****************************************************
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Eugene Geis
> > > > PhD Student, Physics Department, ASU
> > > > Research Affiliate, MIT-Bates Laboratory of Nuclear Science
> > > > eugene.geis@asu.edu
> > > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > > > good------------------------------
> > > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Eugene Geis
> > > PhD Student, Physics Department, ASU
> > > Research Affiliate, MIT-Bates Laboratory of Nuclear Science
> > > eugene.geis@asu.edu
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Eugene Geis
> >PhD Student, Physics Department, ASU
> >Research Affiliate, MIT-Bates Laboratory of Nuclear Science
> >eugene.geis@asu.edu
>
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> >
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