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--- phase2:led [2015/07/17 18:48]
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 ====== TileCal LED tests ======
-Here  is a data library with PMT signals with different attenuators. The dynamic rage is from 1 pC to 2000 pC.
+Here  is a data library with PMT signals with different attenuators.
+The dynamic rage is from 1 pC to 2000 pC. The data are collected using R5900 PMT with active dividers and 676 V, and a WLS fibre, Patrick's driver
+with 4 ns pulse width and David's LED setup.
-The data are collected using R5900 PMT with active dividers and 676 V. Patrick's LED 4 ns width and David's setup
+The talk that describes this study is [[https://indico.cern.ch/event/441970/contribution/16/attachments/1162896/1675431/LEDResults.pdf| Studies of PMT block signal shapes using passive and active dividers, Tile upgrade week, Sep 30, 2015]]
-Download data from  [[https://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/phase2/data/]], and then gunzip  it.
+Download the signal files from  [[https://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/phase2/data/]], and then gunzip  it. To make a plot for 1 trace, use
-To make a plot for 1 trace, use
-<code python>
+<code bash>
-https://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/phase2/data/pmt_signals_phase2.tgz -O - | tar -xz;
+wget --no-check-certificate https://atlaswww.hep.anl.gov/asc/phase2/data/pmt_signals_phase2.tgz -O - | tar -xz;
 cd pmt_signals_phase2/
-python show_trace.py data/D1_traces_full.txt.gz 1
+python show_trace.py data/D1_traces_full.txt.gz 1 # show 1st trace out of 1000
 </code>
-We used 1 neutral density filter 50% (NDF50), and 1 neutral density filter x16 (NDF16).
+We used several 50% (0.3) neutral density filters (NDF50), and 1 neutral density filter x16 (NDF16).
-Data files with traces are  in "data/*". the file names has a letter "D" that indicates attenuation strength for the light.
+Data files with traces are  in "data/*". There are 1000 traces in each file.
+The file names has a letter "D" that indicates attenuation strength for the light.
-  - D1 NDF16 + 6xNDF50
+  - D1 NDF16 + 6xNDF50. Reduction of light by 6*2*16. About 0.3 pc -> x1024
-  - D2 NDF16 + 5xNDF50
+  - D2 NDF16 + 5xNDF50 -> x512
-  - D3 NDF16 + 4xNDF50
+  - D3 NDF16 + 4xNDF50 -> x256
-  - D4 NDF16 + 3xNDF50
+  - D4 NDF16 + 3xNDF50 -> x128
-  - D5 NDF16 + 2xNDF50
+  - D5 NDF16 + 2xNDF50 -> x64
-  - D6 NDF16 + 1xNDF50
+  - D6 NDF16 + 1xNDF50 -> x32
-  - D7 NDF16
+  - D7 NDF16  (light reduction by a factor 16) -> x16
-  - D8 3xNDF50
+  - D8 3xNDF50 -> x8
-  - D9  2xNDF50
+  - D9  2xNDF50 -> x4
-  - D10 1xNDF50
+  - D10 1xNDF50  (light reduction by a factor 2) -> x2
-  - D11  - no NDF
+  - D11  - no NDF. About 2000 pC ->0
-All figures for 1000 traces are in "figures". We use a numeric noise suppression as shown in this image.
+Figures for 1000 traces are in "figures".  Each trace was centralized at time=0. We use a numeric noise suppression for all traces as shown in this image.
+{{:noise.png}}
+Blue lines show traces before the noise removal, and small grey dots after the noise suppression. The green dots show the noise in the LED driver.
+ --- //[[[email protected]|Sergei Chekanov]] 2015/07/17 14:00//

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