Using SIMC

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SIMC repository and documentation


Brief Overview

  • SIMC main inputs are
    • Beam energy
    • Spectrometers angles
    • Determination of which spectrometer detects electrons and which detects hadrons
    • Target parameters (A,Z,density etc.)
    • Generator acceptance and resolution
  • The generator will generate events with the reaction 4 physical variables
    • in-plane angle y'
    • out-of-plane angle x'
    • y(target)
    • momentum difference from central spectrometer momentum - delta
  • COSY simulation tool will generate the hrs_cosy file which include the transportation parameters for the particle along the spectrometer
  • The output of the simulation would be the 4 physical variables reconstructed at the focal plane of each spectrometer


How to run SIMC

  • compile SIMC directory: go to the SIMC directory, change what ever necessary in Makefile and type
 make
  • create an input file under the directory infiles following the repository examples, e.g.
 infiles/hrsr_eep_h.inp
  • execute SIMC with an input file, e.g.
 simc 
 (enter input file)> hrsr_eep_h
  • after the run was completed 4 output files are generated
 outfiles/hrsr_eep_h.geni  (information)
 outfiles/hrsr_eep_h.hist   (run settings)
 outfiles/hrsr_eep_h.gen   (output text file)
 worksim/hrsr_eep_h.rzdat   (paw ntuple)
  • convert the paw file into root
 h2root hrsr_eep_h.rzdat 
  • a root file hrsr_eep_h.rzdat will now be generated. The tree is called h666, and the most important variables are the reconstructed 4 variables (hs-electron arm, ss-hadron arm) and those generates (add an i), e.g.
    • hsdelta , hsdeltai
    • hsytar , hsytari
    • hsyptar , hsyptari
    • hsxptar , hsxptari