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Name

Purpose

Gamma Efficiency

Bkg Efficiency

Cut

IrrFilter

Remove irreducible bkg events

0%

13%

Code Block
((McZDir < -.2 && McId < 20) | (McZDir < .1 & McId > 20))
&& McAcdZEnter > 100 && McCharge !=0 && McTHPosHitOthers < 6

TkrCalCore

Take only "good" events

6.2%

2.2%

Code Block
TkrNumTracks>0 && CalEnergyRaw > 5 && CalCsIRLn>4 && CTBCORE>0.1

AcdEngFilter

Only events with moderate signal in the ACD

0%

47%

Code Block
(AcdTotalEnergy+AcdRibbonEnergy<0.05) && McZDir > 0 

Prefilter

Only select relevant events
(warning) !(IrrFilter) is wrong (warning)

6.2%

1.2%

Code Block
(TkrCalCore && !(IrrFilter) && !(AcdEngFilter)

 

nSig

nBkg

Before Prefilters

~9x10^5

~4x10^6

After Prefilters

55015

48614

One very important thing to note here is how confusing the convention of "Cuts" and "Filters" is. There needs to be some standard convention for either keeping or rejecting events that return TRUE for a selection (I believe that Bill uses "Cuts" and "Vetos").

Pass 6 Performance

First defining some ACD variables:

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