MDT

C++ Stand-alone library for Merging, Digitizing, and Triggering hits of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) based on WCSim. A Python interface is optionally provided, requiring pre-installation of pybind11.

The library provides C++ classes that manage three tasks:

• Merging true hits (simulated photoelectrons by WCSim) of an events with those of any number of events
  • Intrinsic dark noise can be added during this stage
• Digitizing true hits
  • Timing and charge of a digitized hit is simulated by a simple model used in WCSim
  • The library is capable of accomodating alternative models
  • Parameters describing PMT charcteristics such as timing resolution can be varied
  • Digitized hits by PMT afterpusing can be added
• Triggering digitized hits
  • A simple algorithm that counts number of digitized hits falling in a sliding time winodw
  • Selectable trigger window and thershold

WCTE/WCSim usage

Simple runtime procedures. First set up your ROOT and WCSIM:

source your_thisroot.sh
export WCSIMDIR=your_WCSIM_installation

Then set up the MDT environment.

source envMDT.sh
cd $MDTROOT/cpp; make clean; make all
cd $MDTROOT/app/utilities/WCRootData; make clean; make all
cd $MDTROOT/app/application; make appWCTESingleEvent
cd $MDTROOT
# edit variables properly in run_test_mdt4wcte.sh
bash run_test_mdt4wcte.sh