CSCStripHitSim.cc

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#include "DataFormats/GeometryVector/interface/LocalPoint.h"
#include "Geometry/CSCGeometry/interface/CSCChamberSpecs.h"
#include "Geometry/CSCGeometry/interface/CSCLayer.h"
#include "Geometry/CSCGeometry/interface/CSCLayerGeometry.h"
#include "SimMuon/CSCDigitizer/src/CSCStripHitSim.h"
 
// This is CSCStripHitSim.cc
// Author: Rick Wilkinson, Tim Cox
 
std::vector<CSCDetectorHit> &CSCStripHitSim::simulate(const CSCLayer *layer,
                                                      const std::vector<CSCDetectorHit> &wireHits) {
  // make sure the gatti function is initialized
  const CSCChamberSpecs *chamberSpecs = layer->chamber()->specs();
  const CSCLayerGeometry *geom = layer->geometry();
  theGattiFunction.initChamberSpecs(*chamberSpecs);
  const int nNodes = chamberSpecs->nNodes();
 
  // for every wire hit, induce a Gatti-distributed charge on the
  // cathode strips
  newStripHits.clear();
  newStripHits.reserve((2 * nNodes + 1) * wireHits.size());
  std::vector<CSCDetectorHit>::const_iterator wireHitI;
  for (wireHitI = wireHits.begin(); wireHitI != wireHits.end(); ++wireHitI) {
    int wire = (*wireHitI).getElement();
    float wireCharge = (*wireHitI).getCharge();
    float wireHitTime = (*wireHitI).getTime();
    // The wire hit position is _along the wire_, measured from where
    // the wire intersects local y axis, so convert to local x...
    float hitX = (*wireHitI).getPosition() * cos(geom->wireAngle());
    float hitY = geom->yOfWire(wire, hitX);
    const LocalPoint wireHitPos(hitX, hitY);
 
    int centerStrip = geom->nearestStrip(wireHitPos);
    int firstStrip = std::max(centerStrip - nNodes, 1);
    int lastStrip = std::min(centerStrip + nNodes, geom->numberOfStrips());
    for (int istrip = firstStrip; istrip <= lastStrip; istrip++) {
      float offset = hitX - geom->xOfStrip(istrip, hitY);
      float stripWidth = geom->stripPitch(wireHitPos);
      float binValue = theGattiFunction.binValue(offset, stripWidth);
      // we divide by 2 because charge goes on either cathode.
      // if you're following the TDR, we already multiplied the
      // charge by 0.82 in the WireHitSim (well, DriftSim), so that explains
      // their f_ind=0.41.
 
      // this seems to be folded in the Amp response, which peaks
      // around 0.14.  The difference may be because the amp response
      // convolutes in different drift times.
      // float collectionFraction = 0.19;
      const float igain = 1. / 0.9;  // mv/fC
      float stripCharge = wireCharge * binValue * igain * 0.5;
      float stripTime = wireHitTime;
      float position = hitY / sin(geom->stripAngle(istrip));
      CSCDetectorHit newStripHit(istrip, stripCharge, position, stripTime, (*wireHitI).getSimHit());
      newStripHits.push_back(newStripHit);
    }
  }  // loop over wire hits
  return newStripHits;
}