- Write a document consisting of the what is in the G4 Monte Carlo.
Noting possible differences from actual physical construction of the
Hadron Absorber, Muon Alcoves, etc... and other approximations for
imperfections in actual construction.
- Gap Size between Asorber Core and surrounding blu blocks
- Water content in the air
- Irregularity of shockrete that surrounds the caverns (Abosrber
and Alcoves)
- Uneveness in the blu blocks surrounding the Absorber Core that
provide undulating gap size
- Examine the G4 model that is currenlty being used for the rock
- What is the effect of more or less water in the rock
- Density: the downward angle of the beam path puts it passing
between two different geological strata. The strata demarcation happens
at roughly the depth of the Absorber. There could be a slight density
shift in rock happening between the Hadron Absorber Hall and the 2nd
muon alcove due to moving through the different strata.
- The walls and shockrete are not exact and so what is the effect
on particles if the walls were to change by +/- X feet
- Export geometry to FLUKA 2005 to use a different standard of
physics processes. Also not every particle that registers charge in the
muon monitors is a muon. Exporting to FLUKA 2005 may provide more
reliable physics.
- Track the number of neutrons, electrons, positrons, muons per
cm^2
- or any other particle for which a physics process may
introduce a higher signal in the muon monitors
- Run some simulations where the
- Proton beam hits the dump directly
- hornoff running
- Different horn positions (LE-10, pME, pHE)
Run through the gammet of things that could possibly affect the muon
muon response and see if anything changes result. A certain way to do
this is to look at a plot of Efficiency vs. Pz for muons. Where
Efficiency is defined as the number of muons at each muon monitor
divided by muons at end of the decay pipe. This can be quickly done by
creating a unweighted muon beam the size of the decay pipe and having
the beam start at the end cap. Plots of Efficiency vs. Pz look like the
following:
Fig. 1
80 GeV muon beam with the cross-section of the surface area of
the decay pipe endcap, started at the end of the Decay Pip
Where the tails preceding the quick increase in efficiency is
most likely the result of gaps between the Absorber Core and
surrounding shielding.