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Just to make sure, this behavior isn't observed looking at the recon LCIO
files correct?

On Sep 20, 2016 7:59 AM, "Sebouh Paul" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Without pulse fitting, or the mode7 emulation, all of the hit times would
> be at times that are multiples of 4 ns, corresponding to the time of the
> first sample crossing the threshold.  However, we use a pulse fitting
> algorithm, which improves our resolution on timing for the hit, as well as
> time-walk corrections.  If a fit fails the pulse fitting and the mode-7
> emulation, then we use the time of the first sample that crosses the
> threshold.   In the "bad files" we see a lot of low energy hits with
> multiples of 4ns times, which probably failed both these two methods of
> time reconstruction.
>
> There is also another thing in here I forgot to mention:  there is also a
> shift in the timing window of when multiple hits are, between the "bad"
> files and the "good" files. What i mean is, you'll see a peak in hit time,
> corresponding to the trigger window.  This peak is shifted between files
> generated using the old version of the  DST and the new version.
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Maurik Holtrop <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Sebouh,
>>
>> There was a bug in the DST maker where it would only write ECAL hits that
>> were part of a cluster, and if a hit appeared in two clusters, it would
>> write that hit twice. This is not the correct behavior. I fixed this in
>> Issue44 (https://github.com/JeffersonLab/hps-dst/issues/44) and then
>> merged to master.
>>
>> So, #1, is because now the unrelated and out of time hits are also in the
>> DST.
>> I don’t think this explains #2.
>> #3 Since the FADC samples at 250Mhz, I would expect all ECAL hit times to
>> be at multiples of 4ns, but perhaps I am missing something?
>>
>> Best,
>> Maurik
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Sebouh Paul <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone made modifications to the DST maker since pass0 began in June
>> 6?  Nathan ran recon and DST maker on some files at the beginning of
>> August, and there are some problems with the DST files produced:
>>
>> 1)  1.5x more ecal hits per event than in DST files generated in pass0.
>> 2)  two cluster time difference has a much larger sigma than usual.
>> 3)  many ecal hits have hit times that are exact multiples of 4 ns.
>>
>> I ran DQM on the corresponding LCIO files, and saw none of these effects,
>> so the problem must be in the DST maker.
>>
>> thanks.
>>
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