Re: Minutes of the 2006/03/22 Blast analysis meeting

From: Eugene J. Geis (Eugene.Geis@asu.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 23 2006 - 13:57:47 EST


Forgot the plots.

Quoting Michael Kohl <kohlm@mit.edu>:

> Eugene,
> it confuses me:
> Doesn't the reconstructed momentum of the unradiated MC with Eloss
> turned
> off reproduce the "tossed" momentum or the beam energy of 850 MeV?
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Eugene J. Geis wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > clear.
> >
> > If we want pwl-pml, then I should redo the proton calculations to be
> > consistent. I generated two separate MonteCarlo files... with ELoss
> > on and with ELoss off. MASCARAD was not on for that
> parameterization.
> >
> > I think it would be proper to do everything from crunched MC
> variables
> > such as pwl, and NOT pml. This is because we'll always have to use
> > our software to view the data. Actually, I'm not sure... should we
> be
> > correcting to reproduce the "tossed" variables??? For instance,
> > Should I correct the proton variables to give beam energy of 845 MeV
> > such as MC reconstructs, or should I correct it to give an exact 850
> MeV
> > which would implicitly include radiation and eloss? This is a
> conundrum.
> >
> > Is MonteCarlo here to tell us what our data will look like, or is it
> to tell
> > us how we should modify our data to recreate the "tossed" variables
> > inside the experiment?? This is something I am unclear about. It
> > may be more of a philosophical question than a scientific one...
> >
> >
> > -eugene
> >
> > Quoting Michael Kohl <kohlm@mit.edu>:
> >
> >> Hi Eugene,
> >>
> >> what we need is reconstructed momentum that has undergone radiation
> and
> >>
> >> energy loss versus momentum that has not been radiated and that has
> not
> >>
> >> lost energy.
> >>
> >> Ideally, if you had the two ntuples of reconstructed MC with and
> >> without MASCARAD/ELOSS based on the same seed, you could have this
> >> momentum difference event-by-event. However I understand that the
> event
> >>
> >> lists of reconstructed MC with and without radiation are different.
> >> That's
> >> why I suggested to use the "tossed momentum" (or "generated
> momentum"
> >> before radiation and eloss) instead. I think it is just pwl-pml or
> so.
> >>
> >> Let me know if this is now clear to you.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Eugene J. Geis wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just a quick clarification, the parameterization we need is of
> >>> MASCARAD on compared to MASCARAD off for the electron ??
> >>>
> >>> I don't understand what is meant by "tossed momenta"
> >>>
> >>> -eugene
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Quoting Michael Kohl <kohlm@mit.edu>:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> here are the minutes:
> >>>>
> >>>> -Assessment of v3_4_17 recrunch
> >>>> v3_4_17 lrd recrunch done for hydrogen and deuterium 2005
> >>>> Difference to v3_4_16 has been the extended magnetic field map.
> >>>> -Adrian showed plots of kinematic offsets that indicate
> consistency
> >>>> between small and large grid result.
> >>>> -The observed offsets of th_p-th_p(th_e) and p_e-p_e(th_e) cannot
> >> be
> >>>> simultaneously accounted for by an offset of th_e (would need
> >>>> different signs for such an angle offset)
> >>>> -Adrian's plots of z: blue=pleft, magenta=corresponding eright;
> >>>> red=pright, green=corresponding eleft. Red/green pair
> consistent
> >>>> with
> >>>> each other but differs greatly from blue/magenta (which is
> >>>> consistent
> >>>> with each other). Reason was attributed to an inefficiency due
> to
> >>>> losses in the cuts (those were not updated and were still valid
> >> for
> >>>> the version before the latest geometry changes)
> >>>> -Adam showed comparisons of d(e,e'p) data and MC for 2005
> deuterium
> >>>> of the old crunch v3_4_14 (lrn) from January and v3_4_17 (lrd)
> >>>> from today. Plots show electron momentum in the left and right
> >>>> sectors (columns) for 0.1<Q2<0.2 and 0.2<Q2<0.3 (plot
> containing
> >>>> "1_3" in the filename) and 0.3<Q2<0.4 and 0.4<Q2<0.5 (plot
> >>>> containing "3_5" in the filename). The agreement in the right
> >> sector
> >>>> has improved considerably. The left sector has been affected
> only
> >>>> little. The MC still shows broader distributions than the data,
> >>>> indicating an issue with the resolution. Best agreement was
> >> achieved
> >>>> for lowest Q2 bin, while the higher bins show discrepancies. In
> >>>> general, the momenta of the data are smaller than those of the
> MC
> >>>> which could be partially or potentially explained by radiative
> >>>> effects.
> >>>> -Chris generated code that calculates derivatives of p,th,ph,z
> with
> >>>> respect to geometrical offsets of r,theta,phi,alpha,beta,gamma
> of
> >>>> the
> >>>> chamber locations. With the three chambers in each sector
> treated
> >> as
> >>>> a rigid object, there's a total of
> >>>> 2 sectors * (3 positions + 3 angles) = 12 parameters that can
> be
> >>>> varied to find the most likely wire chamber geometry in a fit
> >> linear
> >>>> in the offset parameters. There's a total of 12 constraints
> from
> >>>> imposing elastic kinematics (2 sectors) * (vertex + coplanarity
> +
> >> 3
> >>>> independent kinematic relations of momenta and angles +
> >>>> time-of-flight relation), therefore the linear fit should have
> >> one
> >>>> unique solution. (It's actually a linear regression).
> >>>> Before imposing elastic kinematics constraints, the average
> >> effects
> >>>> of energy loss and internal radiation on the momenta have to be
> >>>> accounted for first.
> >>>> Eugene had parameterized the momentum losses of protons and
> >>>> electrons
> >>>> by comparing the MoneCarlo momenta with energy loss turned on
> >> with
> >>>> the tossed momentum, as a function of reconstructed momentum
> >> (email
> >>>> from March 10). However, internal radiation (MASCARAD) was
> turned
> >>>> off. This should be repeated as also the average momentum of
> the
> >>>> electron due to internal radiation gets shifted as a result of
> >> the
> >>>> finite resolution. Adrian had shown this in his comparisons of
> >>>> radiated and unradiated Montecarlos in the meeting of
> 2006/03/01.
> >>>> Needed are really parameterizations of delta p between
> (radiated
> >> +
> >>>> energy loss)-MC and tossed momenta. Eugene, Adrian, this is
> input
> >>>> that Chris needs while working on the procedure to find the
> >> optimum
> >>>> wire chamber locations and orientations.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -Strategy for coming steps / to do list
> >>>> The strategy is two-fold: While we (Chris) continue to
> determine
> >> the
> >>>> best
> >>>> geometry we also have to prepare for the April 6/7
> collaboration
> >>>> meeting. Therefore:
> >>>> +For the current recrunch version v3_4_17, the currently
> >>>> corresponding residual kinematic offsets along with separate
> >>>> parametrizations for electron radiation loss and proton
> >>>> energy+radiation loss have to be determined and suitably
> >>>> parameterized and be made available for everybody's use in
> >>>> blast_anaware, (with energy/radiation loss separately
> accounted
> >>>> for) (-> Eugene, Adrian). This has a very high priority.
> >>>> +v3_4_17 in combination with the above corrections will be the
> >> data
> >>>> basis for analysis updates that are going to be reviewed on
> >>>> April 6/7.
> >>>> +I will continue the v3_4_17 recrunch for deuterium 2004 asap.
> >>>> By early next week (~03/27) the v3_4_17 recrunch of the entire
> >> data
> >>>> should be available (hydrogen and 2005-deuterium is available
> >>>> already), along with the corrections from above. From
> >>>> then on, 10 days will be available to revisit cuts and macros
> to
> >>>> update the analysis results. Cuts can be looked at already
> from
> >> now
> >>>> on. In particular, it is desirable to have new estimates for
> >> th_d,
> >>>> hPz and Pzz by the end of next week (Sunday April 2, 2006),
> with
> >>>> three days left to apply them to the analyses.
> >>>> +Chris will determine the optimum wire chamber geometry by
> early
> >>>> next
> >>>> week. Hopefully I will be able to crunch the hydrogen data
> with
> >>>> the updated geometry before next Wednesday. If we're satisfied
> >> with
> >>>> the
> >>>> results, plan will then be to perform another recrunch of the
> >>>> entire
> >>>> dataset and to produce the "residual kinematic corrections" on
> >> top.
> >>>> +This recrunch will be available by mid-April at the earliest.
> >>>> "Final" (presentable and publishable) analysis results are
> then
> >>>> envisioned for end of April.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Collaboration meeting is on Friday 2006/04/07 09:00 at Bates
> >>>> -Extended analysis meeting on Thursday 2006/04/06 09:00 at Bates
> >>>> -Next analysis meeting is on Wednesday 2006/03/29 13:30 at Bates
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Michael
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------+
> >>>> | Office: | Home:
> |
> >>>>
> |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
> >>>> | Dr. Michael Kohl | Michael Kohl
> |
> >>>> | Laboratory for Nuclear Science | 5 Ibbetson Street
> |
> >>>> | MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center | Somerville, MA 02143
> |
> >>>> | Middleton, MA 01949 | U.S.A.
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> >>>> | U.S.A. |
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> >>>> | Email: kohlm@mit.edu | K.Michael.Kohl@gmx.de
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> >>>> | Work: +1-617-253-9207 | Home: +1-617-629-3147
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> >>>> | Fax: +1-617-253-9599 | Mobile: +1-978-580-4190
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> >>>> | http://blast.lns.mit.edu |
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> >>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Eugene Geis
> >>> PhD Student, Physics Department, ASU
> >>> Research Affiliate, MIT-Bates Laboratory of Nuclear Science
> >>> eugene.geis@asu.edu
> >>>
> >>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> http://quickreaction.blogspot.com
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------+
> >> | Office: | Home: |
> >> |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
> >> | Dr. Michael Kohl | Michael Kohl |
> >> | Laboratory for Nuclear Science | 5 Ibbetson Street |
> >> | MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center | Somerville, MA 02143 |
> >> | Middleton, MA 01949 | U.S.A. |
> >> | U.S.A. | |
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> >> | Email: kohlm@mit.edu | K.Michael.Kohl@gmx.de |
> >> | Work: +1-617-253-9207 | Home: +1-617-629-3147 |
> >> | Fax: +1-617-253-9599 | Mobile: +1-978-580-4190 |
> >> | http://blast.lns.mit.edu | |
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Eugene Geis
> > PhD Student, Physics Department, ASU
> > Research Affiliate, MIT-Bates Laboratory of Nuclear Science
> > eugene.geis@asu.edu
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > http://quickreaction.blogspot.com
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> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------+
> | Office: | Home: |
> |-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
> | Dr. Michael Kohl | Michael Kohl |
> | Laboratory for Nuclear Science | 5 Ibbetson Street |
> | MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center | Somerville, MA 02143 |
> | Middleton, MA 01949 | U.S.A. |
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> | Email: kohlm@mit.edu | K.Michael.Kohl@gmx.de |
> | Work: +1-617-253-9207 | Home: +1-617-629-3147 |
> | Fax: +1-617-253-9599 | Mobile: +1-978-580-4190 |
> | http://blast.lns.mit.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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