Proceedings of the Muon Mini-Workshop
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The workshop primarily focussed on the following issues:
1. Replacement of MuoDigi and MuoDigitoUnpReco by one
package MuoMcUnpReco
2. Rewriting of MuoHitReco
3. Implementing tilts and special tiles in B and C Pixel
layers
4. Rewrite parts of geometry code to link the objects that
need to move together in the collission hall
5. Understanding survey and alignment issues
6. L3 tool
7. Graphics
The items and issues discussed at the first meeting on
Wednesday (May 13th) are listed earlier. After the first
meeting, we met in several small working groups on Wednesday
and Thursday to discuss and to work. Particularly, there were
meetings of the calibration and alignment, muon geometry,
MuoDigi, Graphics, and L3 tool subgroups.
The decisions made in the sub-group meetings, work
accomplished and short term plans to complete the work were
discussed in the summary session Thursday afternoon. The
agenda for the session was as follows:
Agenda for the Summary Session, Thursday 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
- Status for MuoDigi Replacement Pushpa/Onne/Mike F.
MuoMCHitProcessor
MuoHitReco (new)
- Fix to MuonHitReco (old) Taka
- Status of Muon Geometry Rick/Nemat
- D0Scan Status Sharon
- Report on Calibration & Alignment Andrzej
- L3 Tool Daria/Onne/Chunhui
- AOB
Some notes from the meeting are transcribed here:
- The April 30th Milestones
We have done some testing using MC data, have been
doing code clean-up. These items can be declared done,
although, they will be worked on for quite some time
(until the software is complete and declared done!)
However, none of the muon software packages make use
of the ErrorLogger. This needs to be corrected in the
near future. Particularly muon geometry (Rick) and
MuoHitReco (Onne) should implement these immediately.
We do have MuoAnalyze, MuoIDAnalyze, packages for
analyses of objects.
We have implemented toroid (passive material) in geometry.
Other supports need to be implemented.
As for graphics, we now have display packages in all three
graphics environments D0VE, D0Scan and Mr.Datae.
We agreed that Daria will make a list for the Muon ID
tasks and we would add on to it.
We agreed to request 10Gb of disk space for Muon
Algorithms & ID together.
- Status of MuoDigi Replacement
Here is the flow chart for what we have now and
what is proposed.
The prioritized tasks for this effort is as follows:
- Mike releases unpack_evt package into CVS
- Onne works on the new MuoHitReco package which would
be used both in Level 3 and offline. Harrison will be
the consultant.
- Vladimir fixes the hit merging (this is a misnomer)
code and releases.
- Vladimir releases time-to-distance conversion code.
- Taka/Vladimir will produce MuoMcUnpReco.
Note that these new packages should use Mike's new
classes for UnpackData (unpack_data, unpack_evt).
Since the adaptor only exists for PDT's (MuoPDTChannel),
only PDT hits can be implemented for now.
Pushpa will be the overall coordinator for this project.
The deadline to complete a working version for PDT's is
May 21st.
Additional Points:
- The current MuoHitReco has been apparently fixed by Taka
to work for MDT's. This has to be tested by Daria and
Chunhui.
- Rick Jesik reported on status of Muon Geometry. Rick
and Nemat are modifying geometry classes to link the
chambers and scintillators (and supports if any) so that
they move together. There are seven large movable pieces
in the Muon System.
- As for event display, George Alverson has all the
sub-systems in the D0scan display and has implemented the
display of PDT cells and hits. This implementation needs
to be updated. Harrison has made progress on Mr.Datae
and has been able to read successive events from file.
He has had some problems with Euler angles returned by
Geometry. That problem should go away if he uses the angles
in the way D0VE implementation does.
- The calibration and alignment working group met a few
times during the workshop. A document on survey
procedures and some thoughts on alignment has been
produced.
- A plan for L3 tool development was also discussed.
More details about L3 Muon Filter and L3 Muon Tool
can be found on the Muon ID web page.