SketchUp STAR

SketchUp STAR

3D models of the STAR detector, the RHIC accelerator complex, a prototype of an event display for the STAR experiment in SketchUp

 

Tai Sakuma

 

I drew the STAR detector and the RHIC accelerator complex in SketchUp. Also, I built a prototype of an event display for the STAR experiment by using SketchUp Ruby API. This page shows image files generated in this project.

 

The STAR detector

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A cross sectional view of the STAR detector. This figure was used in Phys. Rev. D 86, 032006 (2012) (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.032006 )

 
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The same 3D model as in the previous figure but in perspective. This figure has been often used in presentations at scientific meetings.

 

RHIC

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The RHIC accelerator complex

 

STAR detector subsystems

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The Beam-Beam Counters (BBC)

 
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The Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter (BEMC)

 
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A BEMC Module

 
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The geometry of the calorimeter towers in a BEMC module

 
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The Time Projection Chamber (TPC)

 
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The solenoidal magnet subsystem

 

Jet η and detector η

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Jet η and detector η

 

Jets at three levels

The following three figures illustrate jets defined at the three different levels. These figures have been used several times in scientific meetings, e.g., the slide 4 of a presentation at APS 2010 .

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A high-pT back-to-back dijet event at the detector level. The solid trajectories indicate TPC track measurements while the lego blocks indicate energy deposited in the BEMC towers.

 
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A high-pT back-to-back dijet event at the hadron level

 
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A high-pT back-to-back dijet event at the parton level

 

Jet Patch Trigger

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The locations of the twelve jet patches of the BJP1 trigger in Run 6. The size of a jet patch is 1.0x1.0 in the η-φ coordinate system. Each jet patch contains 400 BEMC towers. This figure was used in Phys. Rev. D 86, 032006 (2012) (DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.032006 )

 

Event Display

I developed a prototype of an event display for the STAR experiment using the SketchUp Ruby API. This prototype was used in jet analyses, in particular, in establishing a jet definition and determining background events.

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Two snapshots showing a prototype of an event display for the STAR experiment