STATUS OF SIMULATIONS

Current status (John Sullivan's and xxx's work)

PISA (=Geant): generation of events OK PISORP: analysis of events assumes that x=y=0 needs x not eq 0, y not eq 0 written in FORTRAN translate to C or C++ not modular break up into PEP modules no data structures add DSPACK calls under PEP framework convert to (renamed) STAF framework

What to study?

• Tolerances, efficiencies, alignment *** URGENT ***
• addition of full outer Silicon layer
• effect of differen B-fields (zero, full, half)
• improve central tracking?

Check the 10K run event pre-samples *** URGENT ***

• Charlie has produced some small samples, and is waiting for the subsystems to check out the samples and give him the green light. The MVD is one of the systems he is waiting for.

Footnotes:

The translation to C or C++, break up of the code into PEP modules, an addition of DSPACK calls is collectively known as the 'PISORP re-write'. A manual to help with this is currently being written by Soren et.al.

Once the PISORP re-write is done, the conversion to STAF is trivial. The benifit of STAF is that it comes with software tools. STAF uses IDL, or Interface Definition Language, to generate headers, documentation and program templates, which makes construction and maintainance of code easier.