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Previous Work detailing Efficiency and NPE calculations (from June Collaboration meeting)

Subsequently using Mike's Monte Carlo, the quantity of pions that decayed to muons between the cerencovs was factored into the efficiency:



Which produced the additional peak (on the left) in the corrected muon distribution:







1a: dE/dX with 90% truncation

dE/dX with truncation on means at 90%. Note planes 11 and 12.

1b: dE/dX with 90% truncation (divided by intercept)

dE/dX with truncation on means at 90%. Note planes 11 and 12.

1c: dE/dX with 90% truncation (divided by intercept+(plane*gradient))

dE/dX with truncation on means at 90%. Note planes 11 and 12.

1d: dE/dX with 90% truncation (residuals)

dE/dX with truncation on means at 90%. Residuals from straight line fit.

1e: dE/dX with 90% truncation (pull function)

dE/dX with truncation on means at 90%. Pull function from straight line fit.

2: Chi-squared minimisation

*Sep09* See plot in next update
Minimising the chi-squared gives me a best fit to a straight line by stopping at plane 42... In fact, by eye, I used 41 but the slightly strange points at planes 11 and 12 shift it a little...
I've also ignored plane 0 which is way out...

3a: dE/dX with 80% truncation

dE/dX with truncation on means at 80%. Not much change. Is there some way to 'determine' the best truncation value?

3b: dE/dX with 80% truncation (divided by intercept)

dE/dX with truncation on means at 80%.

3c: dE/dX with 80% truncation (divided by intercept+(plane*gradient))

dE/dX with truncation on means at 80%.

4: 90% / 80% truncation

Comparison of 80% to 90% truncation

5: Zoom

Zoom in to region of interest. Is there anything strange about the graphs that go to producing the points at 11 and 12...

6: Plane 5

An example of a normal looking odd plane.

7: Plane 28

An example of a normal looking even plane.

8: Plane 0

Plane 0 - no obvious distortion of shape.

9: Plane 11

Plane 11

10: Plane 12

Plane 12

11a: Splitting the data: 1.8 GeV only

Only 1.8 GeV - the oddness at 11 and 12 is still apparent

11b: Splitting the data: 1.8 GeV only

Only 1.8 GeV - divided by intercept

11c: Splitting the data: 1.8 GeV only

Only 1.8 GeV - divided by expectation

12a: Splitting the data: 2 GeV only

Only 2 GeV - the oddness at 11 and 12 is still apparent

12b: Splitting the data: 2 GeV only

Only 2 GeV - divided by intercept

12c: Splitting the data: 2 GeV only

Only 2 GeV - divided by expectation

13: Comparison of 1.8 to both

both / 1.8

14:Comparison of 2 to both

both / 2

15: Strips hit in planes 11 and 12

Showing what strips get hit in planes 11 and 12

16: Plane 11 Strip 11

90% truncated hit plot for strip 11 in plane 11

17: Plane 11 Strip 12

90% truncated hit plot for strip 12 in plane 11

18: Plane 11 Strip 13

90% truncated hit plot for strip 13 in plane 11

19: Plane 12 Strip 10

90% truncated hit plot for strip 10 in plane 12

20: Plane 12 Strip 11

90% truncated hit plot for strip 11 in plane 12

21: Plane 12 Strip 12

90% truncated hit plot for strip 12 in plane 12