Muon Software Mini-Workshop, Fermilab (Dec. 19-21, 1998)

• Meeting Dec. 19, Saturday, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon, Farside
  

  Agenda:  
  
   9:00-  9:15  Goal and issues for the Workshop      - Pushpa
   9:15-  9:35  Status of PDT and MDT Geometry        - Rick/Vladimir
   9:35-  9:50  Muon Package Dependencies             - Harrison
   9:50- 10:15  Status of Pixel, A-Phi Geometry       - Nemat/Andrzej
  10:15- 10:30  Status of MuReco and MuoDigi          - Taka
  
  10:30- 10:40         Coffee Break
  
  10:40- 11:30  Global Tracking and Muon ID issues    - Daria
  11:30- 12:00  Drift, Resolution Measurements        - Herman
  

• Pizza Lunch at 12:30 pm

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• Meeting Dec. 21, Monday, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Farside
  

   Agenda:
  
   1:00-  1:30  Muon Detector/Event Display           - George Alverson/Sharon
   1:30-  1:45  Status of PDT and MDT Geometry        - Rick/Vladimir
   1:45-  2:00  Status of Pixel, A-Phi Geometry       - Nemat/Andrzej
   2:00-  2:30  Hardware Status                       - Tom Diehl
   2:30-  3:00  Discussions                          
   
   3:00-  3:30   Break 
   
   3:30-  3:45  Fast Segment Finder                   - Pushpa/Harrison
   3:45-  4:15  Raw Data  Issues                      - Mike Fortner
   4:15-  4:45  Level-3  Issues                       - ?
   4:45-  5:00  Global Traking Status                 - Daria
  
  

Issues for Muon Mini-Workshop (Dec. 19-21, 1998)

Discussions of Hardware Status

• Couple of talks from hardware people

Raw Data Format

• We need to have Monte Carlo data in exactly the same format as the real data. So we need to convert MC hits information into ADC and TDC counts i.e., as electronic data.
• Need update and discussion on Raw data unpacking

Realistic Simulation

• We need realistic smearing of the hits in digitization(MuoDigi). Get the latest measurments from Haggerty, Sten and Marshall and implement the parametrization
• Other MC issues?

Muon Geometry

• It looks like geometry is almost bug-free for PDTS. Need to continue the meticulous work on the sub-systems. My hope is that Nemat can work on Pixels and A-Phi's through the workshop. Rick, Vladimir and Andrzej continue the good work on MDTS. So, I'll keep my fingers crossed and expect to be done with Geometry before Christmas!
• The 20 um discrepancy we now have between GEANT and Geometry is still too much! Is it due to different methodology in Euler angle calculations adopted in the two cases?
• What about NIKHEF's fixes for Muon Geometry to work on NT?

Muon Detector/Event Display

• Can we have ARVE-based package working on d0chb?
• Make progress at the workshop on Open Inventor package. Either implement event display in WAMUS or implement detector display of FAMUS.

MuReco

• Fixes needed for Linux and NT versions
• We should revisit naming conventions for classes, methods and attributes, and make appropriate changes.

Fast Segment Finding

• Preliminary version of segment finder in the WAMUS A layer by the end of the workshop. This will be then extended to B and C layers for December milestone.

Level-3

• Understand the raw data structure. Look at the patterns of raw data hits and develop algorithms to discriminate single hits from multiple hits.
• Learn about L3 framework and start work on interface to implement tools.

Muon ID

• Discussion on status of TRF++ tracking in WAMUS and FAMUS
• Discussion on muon object classes and methods

Any additions, deletions and suggestions are welcome.

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Last updated: Dec. 16, 1998