Wire angle correspondance

Determining wire-theta correspondance

To associate the hits with the Moller scattering angle theta, the occupancy plots of the drift chamber hits by means of wire numbers and layer must be translated using the physical constraints of the detector. Using the data released for the DC:

DC: Drift Chambers(specs)

DC Geometry(geom)

Examing the geometry file, we can see that each plane, not just the plane of the sense wires, is separated by a distance of D=.3861 cm. Since each sensor wire is separated by four planes, the distance between two adjecent wires within a plane is given by

[math]d=4(.3861\ cm)cos(30^{\circ})[/math]

CED Verification

Using CED to verify the angle and wire correlation,

Zooming in on the view paralell to the direction of the wires in ced, we can examine the wire corresponding theta angle in the drift chamber.

Corresponding theta angles can be found for other wires, in Region 1, Superlayers 1 and 2.

Table 1: Superlayer 1 Wire-Angle Theta Correspondence in Degrees

Wire Number	Layer 1	Layer 2	Layer 3	Layer 4	Layer 5	Layer 6
1	4.79	5.03	4.98	5.22	5.16	5.40
2	5.09	5.33	5.27	5.51	5.45	5.69
77	29.46	29.60	29.41	29.55	29.37	29.51
78	29.79	29.93	29.74	29.88	29.69	29.83
79	30.12	30.26	30.07	30.21	30.02	30.16
110	40.19	40.28	40.05	40.13	39.91	39.99
111	40.51	40.59	40.36	40.44	40.21	40.29
112	40.82	40.90	40.67	40.75	40.52	40.60

Table 2: Superlayer 2 Wire-Angle Theta Correspondence in Degrees

Wire Number	Layer 1	Layer 2	Layer 3	Layer 4	Layer 5	Layer 6
1	4.79	5.03	4.98	5.22	5.16	5.40
2	5.09	5.33	5.27	5.51	5.45	5.69
77	29.46	29.60	29.41	29.56	29.37	29.51
78	29.79	29.93	29.74	29.88	29.70	29.84
79	30.13	30.27	30.07	30.21	30.02	30.16
110x	40.19	40.28	40.05	40.13	39.91	39.99
111	40.51	40.59	40.36	40.44	40.22	40.30
112	40.82	40.90	40.67	40.75	40.52	40.60

Super Layer 1:Layer 1

Examing the range limits for the angle theta:

Taking the difference of the upper and lower limits in theta,

[math]\Delta degrees=40.82^{\circ}-4.79^{\circ}=36.03^{\circ}[/math]

Dividing by the change in wire numbers (112-1=111), we find

[math]\frac{\Delta degrees}{\Delta wire\ number}=\frac{36.03^{\circ}}{111\ wires}\approx\ \frac{0.325^{\circ}}{wire\ number}[/math]

This would imply that if the wires were evenly placed, their change in angle theta would increase by the factor of .325 degrees for each increase in wire number, starting obviously with wire 1 at 4.79 degrees. In addition, this implies that the bin spacing for each wire would be around .325 degrees in width.

Chercking this, we can find the difference between wires 1 and 2,

[math]\frac{\Delta degree}{\Delta wire\ number}=\frac{5.09^{\circ}-4.79^{\circ} }{wire\ number}=\frac{.3^{\circ}}{wire\ number} [/math]

Similarly, finding the difference between wires 111 and 112,

[math]\frac{\Delta degree}{\Delta wire\ number}=\frac{40.82^{\circ}-40.51^{\circ}}{wire\ number}=\frac{.31^{\circ}}{wire\ number}[/math]

These differing values show that the bin width is not uniform in length, therefore a linear fit will not suffice.

Changing cell size

Using Mathematica, a line can be fitted to the data collected on the wire number to angle theta correspondence.

Declaring the data set:

In[1]:= data1={{1,4.79},{2,5.09},{78,29.79},{111,40.50},{112,40.82}}

Out[1]= {{1,4.79},{2,5.09},{78,29.79},{111,40.5},{112,40.82}}

Testing for a linear fit:

In[2]:= line1=Fit[data1,{1,x},x]

Out[2]= 4.45395 +0.324738 x

Since the 1st deriviative of this function is not equal to the previous value of .3246 degrees, we will need to test the next order.

Testing for a quadratic fit:

In[3]:= quad1=Fit[data1,{1,x,x^2},x]

Out[3]= 4.45253 +0.325072 x-3.05048*10^-6 x^2

Testing for a polynomial of degree 3 fit:

In[118]:= polynomial1=Fit[data1,{1,x,x^2,x^3},x]

Out[118]= 4.48739 +0.300911 x+0.000510988 x^2-2.6919*10^-6 x^3