Detailed Description

A process to transform a daq channel and physical time to spatial coordinates.

TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess will use the readout definition to transform a TRestDetectorSignalEvent into a TRestDetectorHitsEvent. The physical time on the input event will be associated with a physical spatial Z-coordinate using the gas drift velocity given by the user as the metadata parameter "driftVelocity". If the drift velocity is not specified by the user, or it is negative, the process will try to retrieve the drift velocity from the TRestDetectorGas metadata definition that should have been defined, and therefore available to the TRestRun instance. In the case that the drift velocity is retrieved from TRestDetectorGas two more parameters become relevant, the detector pressure, and the drift field, that play a role on the value of the drift velocity.

Therefore, relevant parameters (see also the process header) are:

driftVelocity: The value of the electrons drift velocity. Typically in mm/us.
gasPressure: Gas pressure in bar. Relevant only if TRestDetectorGas is used.
electricField: Electric field. Typically in V/cm. Relevant only if TRestDetectorGas is used.
intWindow: In case intwindow method is selected, it defines the integral window (us) that will be used to define the window in which the data points are integrated

On top of that, this process will need to get access to a TRestDetectorReadout definition in order to transform the corresponding signal id found at each signal in TRestDetectorSignalEvent to a spatial physical position in the XY plane. The readout plane position at TRestDetectorReadout definition is also used as a reference to obtain the final Z-coordinate in this process.

Note: Therefore, the real absolute Z of the event will only be connected to reality if the physical time given at the TRestDetectorSignalEvent corresponds with the drift time to the readout plane. This is usually not the case, since our electronics system does not know the interaction time. Although, this might be the case if the interaction light is measured using a PMT, or the results are coming from Monte Carlo simulated data.

In order to transform the points found at each TRestSignal inside a TRestDetectorSignalEvent, there are different methods that might lead to different results. Those are defined at the "method" metadata parameter. If this parameter is not given, its default value will be "tripleMax".

The possible values for the "method" metadata parameter are:

onlyMax: It will transport to the TRestDetectorHitsProcess only the point at the maximum amplitude of each TRestSignal found inside the TRestDetectorSignalEvent. The Z-coordinate will be directly connected with the time position at the maximum amplitude of the signal.
tripleMax: It will transport to the TRestDetectorHitsProcess only the three points with higher amplitude of each TRestSignal found inside the TRestDetectorSignalEvent. In practice this is very similar to onlyMax, but the effective energy is smoothed by including two additional points.
tripleMaxAverage(default): It will transport to the TRestDetectorHitsProcess the average of the three points with higher amplitude of each TRestSignal found inside the TRestDetectorSignalEvent. In practice this is very similar to onlyMax, but the effective energy is smoothed by including two additional points. Another advantage is that it avoids tripling (x3) the number of hits compared to tripleMax.
gaussFit: It performs a gaussian fit to each signal to determine the z position and the energy.
landauFit: It performs a landau fit to each signal to determine the z position and the energy.
agetFit: It performs a fit to each signal based on the aget response function to determine the z position and the energy.
qCenter: It will consider the shape of the signal to determine the the time used to transform to a Z-coordinate. The energy is also averaged on all points (Perhaps this is not the most appropiate?).
all: It will simply transport all points found at the TRestSignal to the TRestDetetorHitsEvent.
intwindow: Splits the time into a window defined by fIntwindow while performing the average of the data points. Every point corresponds to a Hit

The following figure shows the results of applying the process to a Monte Carlo artificially signal generated, where the energy deposits are exactly at their corresponding physical drift time values. No shaping or any other electronic effects were included at the input event (left figure). The drift time is translated to a Z-coordinate on the output event, where we show only one readout projection in X (right figure).

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History of developments:

2016-January: First concept and implementation.

Author: Javier Galan

2022-January: Implementing new method intwindod

Author: JuanAn Garcia

Definition at line 34 of file TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess.h.

#include <TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess.h>

Inheritance diagram for TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess:

Public Member Functions
	ClassDefOverride (TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess, 4)

RESTValue	GetInputEvent () const override
	Get pointer to input event. Must be implemented in the derived class.

RESTValue	GetOutputEvent () const override
	Get pointer to output event. Must be implemented in the derived class.

const char *	GetProcessName () const override
	Returns the name of this process.

void	InitProcess () override
	Process initialization. Observable names are interpreted and auxiliar observable members, related to VolumeEdep, MeanPos, TracksCounter, TrackEDep observables defined in TRestGeant4AnalysisProcess are filled at this stage.

void	LoadConfig (const std::string &configFilename, const std::string &name="")

void	PrintMetadata () override
	It prints out the process parameters stored in the metadata structure.

TRestEvent *	ProcessEvent (TRestEvent *inputEvent) override
	The main processing event function.

	TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess ()
	Default constructor.

	TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess (const char *configFilename)
	Constructor loading data from a config file. More...

	~TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess ()
	Default destructor.

Public Member Functions inherited from TRestEventProcess
virtual Bool_t	AddInputFile (const std::string &file)

bool	ApplyCut ()

virtual void	BeginOfEventProcess (TRestEvent *inputEvent=nullptr)
	Begin of event process, preparation work. Called right before ProcessEvent()

	ClassDefOverride (TRestEventProcess, 3)

virtual void	EndOfEventProcess (TRestEvent *inputEvent=nullptr)
	End of event process. Nothing to do. Called directly after ProcessEvent()

virtual void	EndProcess ()
	To be executed at the end of the run (outside event loop)

TRestAnalysisTree *	GetAnalysisTree () const
	Return the local analysis tree (dummy)

TCanvas *	GetCanvas () const
	Get canvas.

TRestAnalysisTree *	GetFullAnalysisTree ()

std::vector< std::string >	GetListOfAddedObservables ()

TRestRun *	GetRunInfo () const
	Return the pointer of the hosting TRestRun object.

virtual Long64_t	GetTotalBytes () const

virtual Long64_t	GetTotalBytesRead () const
	Interface to external file reading, get the read bytes. To be implemented in external processes.

virtual void	InitFromConfigFile () override
	To make settings from rml file. This method must be implemented in the derived class.

Bool_t	isExternal () const
	Return whether this process is external process.

Int_t	LoadSectionMetadata () override
	This method does some preparation of xml section. More...

virtual void	NotifyAnalysisTreeReset ()
	In case the analysis tree is reset(switched to new file), some process needs to have action.

virtual Bool_t	OpenInputFiles (const std::vector< std::string > &files)

std::vector< std::string >	ReadObservables ()

void	RegisterAllObservables (Bool_t value=true)

virtual Bool_t	ResetEntry ()

void	SetAnalysisTree (TRestAnalysisTree *tree)
	Set analysis tree of this process, then add observables to it.

void	SetCanvasSize (Int_t x, Int_t y)
	Set canvas size.

void	SetFriendProcess (TRestEventProcess *p)
	Add friendly process to this process.

void	SetObservableValidation (bool validate)

void	SetParallelProcess (TRestEventProcess *p)
	Add parallel process to this process.

void	SetRunInfo (TRestRun *r)
	Set TRestRun for this process.

Bool_t	singleThreadOnly () const
	Return whether this process is single std::thread only.

	TRestEventProcess ()

	~TRestEventProcess ()

Public Member Functions inherited from TRestMetadata
void	AddLog (std::string log="", bool print=true)
	Add logs to messageBuffer.

void	DoNotStore ()
	If this method is called the metadata information will not be stored in disk.

TVector2	Get2DVectorParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, TVector2 defaultValue=TVector2(-1, -1))

TVector3	Get3DVectorParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, TVector3 defaultValue=TVector3(-1, -1, -1))

TString	GetCommit ()
	Returns the REST commit value stored in fCommit.

std::string	GetConfigBuffer ()
	Returns the config section of this class.

std::string	GetDataMemberValue (std::string memberName)
	Get the value of data member as string. More...

std::vector< std::string >	GetDataMemberValues (std::string memberName, Int_t precision=0)
	Get the value of datamember as a vector of strings. More...

TString	GetDataPath ()
	Returns a std::string with the path used for data storage.

Double_t	GetDblParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, Double_t defaultValue=PARAMETER_NOT_FOUND_DBL)
	Gets the value of the parameter name parName, after applying unit conversion. More...

Bool_t	GetError () const
	It returns true if an error was identified by a derived metadata class.

TString	GetErrorMessage ()
	Returns a std::string containing the error message.

TString	GetLibraryVersion ()
	Returns the REST libraty version stored in fLibraryVersion.

TString	GetMainDataPath ()
	Gets a std::string with the path used for data storage.

Int_t	GetNumberOfErrors () const

Int_t	GetNumberOfWarnings () const

std::string	GetParameter (std::string parName, TString defaultValue=PARAMETER_NOT_FOUND_STR)
	Returns corresponding REST Metadata parameter from multiple sources. More...

std::string	GetSectionName ()
	Returns the section name of this class, defined at the beginning of fSectionName.

TRestStringOutput::REST_Verbose_Level	GetVerboseLevel ()
	returns the verboselevel in type of REST_Verbose_Level enumerator

TString	GetVerboseLevelString ()
	returns the verbose level in type of TString More...

TString	GetVersion ()
	Returns the REST version stored in fVersion.

Int_t	GetVersionCode ()

UInt_t	GetVersionMajor () const

UInt_t	GetVersionMinor () const

UInt_t	GetVersionPatch () const

Bool_t	GetWarning () const
	It returns true if an error was identified by a derived metadata class.

TString	GetWarningMessage ()
	Returns a std::string containing the warning message.

TRestMetadata *	InstantiateChildMetadata (int index, std::string pattern="")
	This method will retrieve a new TRestMetadata instance of a child element of the present TRestMetadata instance based on the `index` given by argument, which defines the element order to be retrieved, 0 for first element found, 1 for the second element found, etc. More...

TRestMetadata *	InstantiateChildMetadata (std::string pattern="", std::string name="")
	This method will retrieve a new TRestMetadata instance of a child element of the present TRestMetadata instance based on the `name` given by argument. More...

Bool_t	isCleanState () const

Bool_t	isOfficialRelease () const

Int_t	LoadConfigFromBuffer ()
	Initialize data from a string element buffer. More...

Int_t	LoadConfigFromElement (TiXmlElement eSectional, TiXmlElement eGlobal, std::map< std::string, std::string > envs={})
	Main starter method. More...

Int_t	LoadConfigFromFile (const std::string &configFilename, const std::string &sectionName="")
	Give the file name, find out the corresponding section. Then call the main starter.

virtual void	Merge (const TRestMetadata &)

TRestMetadata &	operator= (const TRestMetadata &)

void	Print ()
	Implementing TObject::Print() method.

void	PrintConfigBuffer ()
	Print the config xml section stored in the class. More...

void	PrintMessageBuffer ()
	Print the buffered message.

void	PrintTimeStamp (Double_t timeStamp)
	Print the current time on local machine. More...

void	SetConfigFile (std::string configFilename)
	set config file path from external

void	SetError (std::string message="", bool print=true, int maxPrint=5)
	A metadata class may use this method to signal that something went wrong.

void	SetHostmgr (TRestManager *m)
	Set the host manager for this class.

void	SetSectionName (std::string sName)
	set the section name, clear the section content

void	SetVerboseLevel (TRestStringOutput::REST_Verbose_Level v)
	sets the verbose level

void	SetWarning (std::string message="", bool print=true, int maxPrint=5)
	A metadata class may use this method to signal that something went wrong.

void	Store ()
	If this method is called the metadata information will be stored in disk.

	TRestMetadata (const TRestMetadata &)

virtual void	UpdateMetadataMembers ()
	Method to allow implementation of specific metadata members updates at inherited classes.

virtual Int_t	Write (const char *name=nullptr, Int_t option=0, Int_t bufsize=0)
	overwriting the write() method with fStore considered

void	WriteConfigBuffer (std::string fName)
	Writes the config buffer to a file in append mode.

	~TRestMetadata ()
	TRestMetadata default destructor.

Protected Attributes
Double_t	fDriftVelocity = -1
	The drift velocity in standard REST units (mm/us).

Double_t	fElectricField = 100
	The electric field in standard REST units (V/mm). Only relevant if TRestDetectorGas is used.

Double_t	fGasPressure = 1
	The gas pressure in atm. Only relevant if TRestDetectorGas is used.

Double_t	fIntWindow = 5

TString	fMethod = "tripleMaxAverage"
	The method used to transform the signal points to hits.

Double_t	fThreshold = 100.

Protected Attributes inherited from TRestEventProcess
TRestAnalysisTree *	fAnalysisTree = nullptr

TCanvas *	fCanvas = nullptr
	< Canvas for some viewer event

TVector2	fCanvasSize
	Canvas size.

std::vector< std::pair< std::string, TVector2 > >	fCuts
	Stores cut definitions. Any listed observables should be in the range. More...

bool	fDynamicObs = false
	It defines whether to use added observables only or all the observables appear in the code.

bool	fIsExternal = false
	It defines if the process reads event data from an external source.

std::map< std::string, int >	fObservablesDefined
	Stores the list of all the appeared process observables in the code. More...

std::map< std::string, int >	fObservablesUpdated
	Stores the list of process observables updated when processing this event.

bool	fReadOnly = false
	not used, keep for compatibility

TRestRun *	fRunInfo = nullptr
	< Pointer to TRestRun object where to find metadata.

bool	fSingleThreadOnly = false

bool	fValidateObservables = false
	It defines if observable names should be added to the validation list.

Protected Attributes inherited from TRestMetadata
std::string	configBuffer
	The buffer where the corresponding metadata section is stored. Filled only during Write()

std::string	fConfigFileName
	Full name of the rml file. More...

std::map< std::string, std::string >	fConstants
	Saving a list of rml constants. name-value std::pair. Constants are temporary for this class only.

TiXmlElement *	fElement
	Saving the sectional element together with global element.

TiXmlElement *	fElementGlobal
	Saving the global element, to be passed to the resident class, if necessary.

Bool_t	fError = false
	It can be used as a way to identify that something went wrong using SetError method.

TString	fErrorMessage = ""
	A std::string to store an optional error message through method SetError.

TRestManager *	fHostmgr
	All metadata classes can be initialized and managed by TRestManager.

Int_t	fNErrors = 0
	It counts the number of errors notified.

Int_t	fNWarnings = 0
	It counts the number of warnings notified.

std::string	fSectionName
	Section name given in the constructor of the derived metadata class.

Bool_t	fStore
	This variable is used to determine if the metadata structure should be stored in the ROOT file.

std::map< std::string, std::string >	fVariables
	Saving a list of rml variables. name-value std::pair.

TRestStringOutput::REST_Verbose_Level	fVerboseLevel
	Verbose level used to print debug info.

Bool_t	fWarning = false
	It can be used as a way to identify that something went wrong using SetWarning method.

TString	fWarningMessage = ""
	It can be used as a way to identify that something went wrong using SetWarning method.

std::string	messageBuffer
	The buffer to store the output message through TRestStringOutput in this class.

endl_t	RESTendl
	Termination flag object for TRestStringOutput.

Private Member Functions
void	Initialize () override
	Function to initialize input/output event members and define the section name.

void	LoadDefaultConfig ()
	Function to load the default config in absence of RML input.

Private Attributes
TRestDetectorGas *	fGas
	A pointer to the detector gas definition accessible to TRestRun.

TRestDetectorHitsEvent *	fHitsEvent
	A pointer to the specific TRestDetectorHitsEvent output.

TRestDetectorReadout *	fReadout
	A pointer to the detector readout definition accesible to TRestRun.

TRestDetectorSignalEvent *	fSignalEvent
	A pointer to the specific TRestDetectorHitsEvent input.

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Types inherited from TRestEventProcess
enum	REST_Process_Output { No_Output , Observable , Internal_Var , Full_Output }

Protected Member Functions inherited from TRestEventProcess
void	BeginPrintProcess ()
	[name, cut range]

void	CreateCanvas ()
	Create the canvas.

void	EndPrintProcess ()

TRestEventProcess *	GetFriend (const std::string &nameOrType)

TRestEventProcess *	GetFriendLive (const std::string &nameOrType)

template<class T >
T *	GetMetadata ()
	Get a metadata object from the host TRestRun. More...

TRestMetadata *	GetMetadata (const std::string &nameOrType)

size_t	GetNumberOfParallelProcesses () const

template<class T >
T	GetObservableValue (const std::string &name)

TRestEventProcess *	GetParallel (int i)

template<class T >
std::vector< T >	GetParallelDataMembers (T *member_of_process)
	Get a list of data members from parallel processes which is same to this process's certain data member. More...

template<class T >
void	SetObservableValue (const std::string &name, const T &value)
	Set observable value for AnalysisTree. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from TRestMetadata
std::string	ElementToString (TiXmlElement *ele)
	Convert an TiXmlElement object to string. More...

TVector2	Get2DVectorParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, TiXmlElement *e, TVector2 defaultValue=TVector2(-1, -1))

TVector3	Get3DVectorParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, TiXmlElement *e, TVector3 defaultValue=TVector3(-1, -1, -1))

Double_t	GetDblParameterWithUnits (std::string parName, TiXmlElement *e, Double_t defaultVal=PARAMETER_NOT_FOUND_DBL)

TiXmlElement *	GetElement (std::string eleDeclare, TiXmlElement *e=nullptr)
	Get an xml element from a given parent element, according to its declaration.

TiXmlElement *	GetElementFromFile (std::string configFilename, std::string NameOrDecalre="")
	Open an xml encoded file and find its element. More...

TiXmlElement *	GetElementWithName (std::string eleDeclare, std::string eleName)
	Get an xml element from the default location, according to its declaration and its field "name".

TiXmlElement *	GetElementWithName (std::string eleDeclare, std::string eleName, TiXmlElement *e)
	Get an xml element from a given parent element, according to its declaration and its field "name".

std::string	GetFieldValue (std::string fieldName, std::string definition, size_t fromPosition=0)
	Gets field value in an xml element string by parsing it as TiXmlElement.

std::string	GetFieldValue (std::string parName, TiXmlElement *e)
	Returns the field value of an xml element which has the specified name. More...

std::string	GetKEYDefinition (std::string keyName)
	Gets the first key definition for keyName found inside buffer starting at fromPosition. More...

std::string	GetKEYDefinition (std::string keyName, size_t &Position)

std::string	GetKEYDefinition (std::string keyName, size_t &Position, std::string buffer)

std::string	GetKEYDefinition (std::string keyName, std::string buffer)

std::string	GetKEYStructure (std::string keyName)
	Gets the first key structure for keyName found inside buffer after fromPosition. More...

std::string	GetKEYStructure (std::string keyName, size_t &Position)

std::string	GetKEYStructure (std::string keyName, size_t &Position, std::string buffer)

std::string	GetKEYStructure (std::string keyName, size_t &Position, TiXmlElement *ele)

std::string	GetKEYStructure (std::string keyName, std::string buffer)

TiXmlElement *	GetNextElement (TiXmlElement *e)
	Get the next sibling xml element of this element, with same eleDeclare.

std::string	GetParameter (std::string parName, size_t &pos, std::string inputString)
	Returns the value for the parameter name parName found in inputString. More...

std::string	GetParameter (std::string parName, TiXmlElement *e, TString defaultValue=PARAMETER_NOT_FOUND_STR)
	Returns the value for the parameter named parName in the given section. More...

std::pair< std::string, std::string >	GetParameterAndUnits (std::string parname, TiXmlElement *e=nullptr)
	Returns the unit string of the given parameter of the given xml section. More...

std::map< std::string, std::string >	GetParametersList ()
	It retrieves a map of all parameter:value found in the metadata class.

TString	GetSearchPath ()

virtual void	InitFromRootFile ()
	Method called after the object is retrieved from root file.

void	ReadAllParameters ()
	Reflection methods, Set value of a datamember in class according to TRestMetadata::fElement. More...

void	ReadParametersList (std::map< std::string, std::string > &list)
	It reads a parameter list and associates it to its corresponding metadata member. par0 --> fPar0.

std::string	ReplaceConstants (const std::string buffer)
	Identifies "constants" in the input buffer, and replace them with corresponding value. More...

std::string	ReplaceVariables (const std::string buffer)
	Identifies environmental variable replacing marks in the input buffer, and replace them with corresponding value. More...

void	ReSetVersion ()
	Resets the version of TRestRun to REST_RELEASE. Only TRestRun is allowed to update version.

std::string	SearchFile (std::string filename)
	Search files in current directory and directories specified in "searchPath" section. More...

void	SetLibraryVersion (TString version)
	Set the library version of this metadata class.

TiXmlElement *	StringToElement (std::string definition)
	Parsing a string into TiXmlElement object. More...

	TRestMetadata ()
	TRestMetadata default constructor.

	TRestMetadata (const char *configFilename)
	constructor

void	UnSetVersion ()
	Resets the version of TRestRun to -1, in case the file is old REST file. Only TRestRun is allowed to update version.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess()

TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess::TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess ( const char * configFilename )

Constructor loading data from a config file.

If no configuration path is defined using TRestMetadata::SetConfigFilePath the path to the config file must be specified using full path, absolute or relative.

The default behaviour is that the config file must be specified with full path, absolute or relative.

Parameters

configFilename A const char* giving the path to an RML file.

Definition at line 151 of file TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess.cxx.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

Detailed Description

Public Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Private Member Functions

Private Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TRestDetectorSignalToHitsProcess()