EMC/x>1 Analysis Task List

Updated September 23, 2005

1) Detector (and other) calibrations
   a) HMS/SOS gas cerenkov (done)
   b) HMS/SOS calorimeter  (done)
   c) HMS/SOS time-of-flight (done)
   d) HMS/SOS drift maps  (done)
   e) Optimize tracking parameters (not done)
   f) Check effect of chisquare vs. scin track selection (done)
      f.i) Check multiple tracks at low rates (done - no problem)
   g) BCM calibration global fit (done)

2) Target thickness
   a) Find beam/target offsets (done) 
   b) He3/He4 response to beam trips (done)
   c) Run-to-run He4/He3 target density (done)
   d) Dummy-target can thickness calculation (done)

3) Efficiencies
   a) 3/4 Efficiency - need to correct across acceptance? (done)
      a.i) Find smart way to monitor stability throughout run (done - stable)
   b) Tracking efficiency studies
   c) Calorimeter efficiency - problems because of hsshtrk jump? (done)
   d) Cerenkov efficiency (done)
   e) Pion rejection/contamination studies (done)
   f) Overall trigger efficiency (including PID detectors)  (done - need x-dep. correction)
   g) Electronic dead time vs. rate study
   h) Computer dead time study (partial checks done)
   i) Run-to-run yield checks
   j) Make giant efficiency table? (always in progress)

4) Offsets  (Dave, in progress)
   a) Check HMS angle/P offsets with singles delta=0 elastics (done)
   b) Check with production data
   c) Check 4He(e,e'p)3H and 3He(e,e'p)2H data  - check xsec?
   d) Check "corrected singles" taken during pionCT?

5) Other/optics
   a) Improved HMS <delta|hsxpfp> correction? (Tanja and Dave)
   b) Luminosity scan re-analysis - carbon boiling!  VERY IMPORTANT - high priority.
   c) ENGINE error parsing
   d) Logbook "significant event" scan (done)

6) Normalization checks
   a) Check elastic cross yields vs. simc
   b) Check elastic xsec extracted from stand-alone code?

7) Cross section/target ratio extraction
   a) Generate acceptance corrections
   b) Implement bin-centering corrections
   c) Radiative corrections
   d) Coulomb corrections
   e) Charge-symmetric backgrounds (done)