TODO List for JLab Hall A BigBite  Analyzer

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Database

?: what's the info needed

example variables to be filled up might be listed db_BB.dat

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db_BB.dat    
    
? angle of detector
? central momentum

BB.theta    = -51.59
BB.pcentral = 1.72
BB.phi      = 0
BB.colldist = 1.5

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db_cratemap.dat

? low level cratemap

==== Crate 11 type vme
# slot  model   clear   header  mask    nchan   ndata
  5	6401	1	0x28000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
  6	6401	1	0x30000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
  8	6401	1	0x40000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
  9	6401	1	0x48000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
 11	6401	1	0x58000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
 12	6401	1	0x60000000	0xf8000000	64	1024
 17     792     1       0xda00adc0      0xffffffff      32      2048
 18     792     1       0xda00adc1      0xffffffff      32      2048
 19     792     1       0xda00adc2      0xffffffff      32      2048

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db_BB.tp.dat

? max distance (spacial and time) between 2 hits on E and dE plane
[ BB.tp.hit_acceptance ]

? TDC resorlution
? 3D position of each scintillator bar
? effective speed of light(m/ns) and attenuation in scintillator
? Lower and upper boundary for an acceptable TDC hit relative to ref chan
[ BB.tp.e.calib ]
[ BB.tp.de.calib ]

? ADC gain correction
? ADC pedestals
? TDC time off correction
[ BB.tp.e.left_gain ]
...

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db_BB.opticstest.dat

? optical point (target coordinate system origin) survey
? bigbite magnetic position survey (relative to target)
? Detector position survey (relative to magnetic)
? definition of detector coordinate system origin    

 


Author: Jin Huang
MIT