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* Updates on pion detector studies (Elham)
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** Changed concrete donut to lead: decreases pions but no impact on electron background at low energies
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*** Is more shielding bad? More hadronic interaction of pions, but not affected by shielding
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** Changed showermax lightguide to vacuum: increase rate of low energy electrons
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* Pion detector updates (David)
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** What enters and exits the showermax?
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*** Picture of primaries leaving the showermax: the transition showermax detectors are where the primaries 'miss' the showermax
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*** No pathological angles between sectors
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*** Showermax should be staggered in r as well as z
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*** Same issue when changing donut concrete to lead
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** Are the particles hitting the back of the donut with angles less than 3.2 degree nominal angle?
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** Pion detector sees fair sample of pions, similar to what the showermax (and ring 5) sees
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** TODO:
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*** Stagger showermax in radius; tilt showermax by angle of 3.2 degrees
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*** Taper donut to shallower outer angle of 2.8 degrees
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*** Reduce phi acceptance of lucite, with pion rates as baseline
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* Bayesian pion background correction (Julia, Elham)
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Agenda

  1. Updates on pion detector studies (Elham)
  2. Pion detector updates (David)
  3. Bayesian pion background correction (Julia, Elham)

Attendance

Elham, David, Julia, Jim, Sakib, Wouter

Minutes

  • Updates on pion detector studies (Elham)
    • Changed concrete donut to lead: decreases pions but no impact on electron background at low energies
      • Is more shielding bad? More hadronic interaction of pions, but not affected by shielding
    • Changed showermax lightguide to vacuum: increase rate of low energy electrons
  • Pion detector updates (David)
    • What enters and exits the showermax?
      • Picture of primaries leaving the showermax: the transition showermax detectors are where the primaries 'miss' the showermax
      • No pathological angles between sectors
      • Showermax should be staggered in r as well as z
      • Same issue when changing donut concrete to lead
    • Are the particles hitting the back of the donut with angles less than 3.2 degree nominal angle?
    • Pion detector sees fair sample of pions, similar to what the showermax (and ring 5) sees
    • TODO:
      • Stagger showermax in radius; tilt showermax by angle of 3.2 degrees
      • Taper donut to shallower outer angle of 2.8 degrees
      • Reduce phi acceptance of lucite, with pion rates as baseline
  • Bayesian pion background correction (Julia, Elham)