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Checking the isolation cut vs pythia events

Abstract:  We evaluate the rejection power vs efficiency of an isolation cut using a 1-tower cluster using pythia Monte Carlo.  The energy of the 1-tower cluster is corrected for l

pT dependence of the isolation cut

 

Improving the Isolation Cut, part III

Abstract:  meh.
 
Figure 1 -- Baseline isolation setup.  No fiducial cuts, toy model leakage correction.

Improving the Isolation Cut, part II

Abstract: Improving the Isolation Cut I studied the impact of cluster size on isolation cuts using fairly simple MC events.  It appears from this study that using 1-tower clusters w/ a correction factor for energy leakage is a promising way to improve pi0 rejection while keeping gamma efficiency high.  In this blog entry I will try to further refine the simple model which I employed
in the original study.
 

chi^{2} criteria for primaries tracks

Cut on chi^{2} of tracks 

The primaries tracks are flagged with a cut on dcaGlobal < 3cm.

run6-bjp1-asigma-away

SSA vs. fill -- Run 6 -- BJP1

Event Cuts

  • 6 < BBC time bin < 9
  • Usual Spin DB QA checks, including masked bxings identified by Tai

Jet Cuts

  • p_{T} > 3.5
  • -0.7 < detector η < 0.9
  • R_{T} < 0.92
  • jet axis within 36 degrees of triggered jetpatch center

Track Cuts

  • 2 < p_{T} < 10
  • |η| < 1.0
  • nFitPoints > 25
  • |dcaGlobal| < 1.0
  • recalibrated nσ(π) in [-1,2]
  • ΔR relative to jet > 1.5

Asymmetries are defined as (Y,B):

Yellow Beam: -1 x { (++ + +-) - (-+ + ) }
Blue Beam: -1 x { (++ + -+) - (+- + ) }
Like-Sign: (++) - ()
Unlike-Sign: (+-) - (-+)

Yellow Beam SSA, pi- Yellow Beam SSA, pi+

Blue Beam SSA, pi- Blue Beam SSA, pi+

Like-Sign SSA, pi- Like-Sign SSA, pi+

Unlike-Sign SSA, pi- Unlike-Sign SSA, pi+

SSA vs. pT -- Run 6 -- BJP1

Event Cuts

  • 6 < BBC time bin < 9
  • Usual Spin DB QA checks, including masked bxings identified by Tai

Jet Cuts

  • p_{T} > 3.5
  • -0.7 < detector η < 0.9
  • R_{T} < 0.92
  • jet axis within 36 degrees of triggered jetpatch center

Track Cuts

  • 2 < p_{T} < 10
  • |η| < 1.0
  • nFitPoints > 25
  • |dcaGlobal| < 1.0
  • recalibrated nσ(π) in [-1,2]
  • ΔR relative to jet > 1.5

Asymmetries are defined as (Y,B):

Yellow Beam: -1 x { (++ + +-) - (-+ + ) }
Blue Beam: -1 x { (++ + -+) - (+- + ) }
Like-Sign: (++) - ()
Unlike-Sign: (+-) - (-+)

Yellow Beam SSA, pi- Yellow Beam SSA, pi+

Blue Beam SSA, pi- Blue Beam SSA, pi+

Like-Sign SSA, pi- Like-Sign SSA, pi+

Unlike-Sign SSA, pi- Unlike-Sign SSA, pi+

Future Plans for ZDC as a Local Polarimeter

Future Plans for ZDC as a Local Polarimeter

QA part II (cont.)

I took a quick look at the new prodcution P08ic_tpc compared to the old production P07id (with no refmult cuts and same run-number):