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Looking in gamma_ana.txt, I found the exact cuts that Eric was using. Namely, the prefilters that were being applied before the cut efficiencies were evaluated. I've listed them here for completeness.

nSig

nBkg

~9x10^5

~4x10^6

Name

Purpose

Gamma Efficiency

Bkg Efficiency

Cut

IrrFilter

Remove irreducible bkg events

0%

13% (cut)

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

6.2%

1.2%

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

nSig

nBkg

55015

48614

Name

Purpose

Gamma Efficiency
(5783)

Bkg Efficiency
(3784)

Cut

BasicTileCut

 

95.2%

7.85%

Code Block
(Tkr1SSDVeto == 0 && AcdTkr1ActiveDist > -16 && 
AcdTkr1ActDistTileEnergy > .4)

RibbonCut

 

94.9%

7.43%

Code Block
(AcdRibbonActDist > -(2 +350/sqrt(max(20,CTBBestEnergy))) && 
Tkr1SSDVeto < 3 && AcdRibbonEnergy > .05 )

TotalTileEnergyCut

 

89.3%

1.17%

Code Block
(AcdTotalTileEventEnergyRatio > .8 || (AcdTkr1ActiveDistENorm > -300 && 
AcdTotalTileEventEnergyRatio > max(.005, .1 - .0001*AcdTkr1ActiveDistENorm)))

CornerCut

 

88.4%

1.15%

Code Block
((Tkr1LATEdge/1.5) ^ 2 + (AcdCornerDocaENorm - 10)^ 2 < 3800 || 
(Tkr1LATEdge < 80 && abs(AcdCornerDocaENorm-2) < 4)) && Tkr1SSDVeto < 3

TileEdgeCut

 

88.3%

1.15%

Code Block
(abs(AcdTkr1ActiveDistENorm) < 15 && AcdTotalTileEventEnergyRatio > .005)

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