fastMC Interim Parameter File Format

fastMC (Interim) Parameter File Format

The parameter inputs to the fastMC are driven from an ASCII file providing information on the track smearing and, currently, which of the Small and Large detectors are to be used for the calorimetry. Groups of parameters are delimited by their name as the first line and 'end' as the last.

The format of parameters is

name = value

we don't yet have a smart enough parser to handle all combinations of blanks. These must appear as three tokens!
the names are case sensitive!

Two sections must currently appear:

Detector:
Tracking:

Detector

DetectorName = name

name is one of Small or Large for now.

Tracking

Parameter	Description
PtMin	miminimum charged particle momentum to consider
PolarInner	upper angular cutoff for barrel smearing
PolarOuter	endcap smearing used between PolarInner and PolarOuter
BarrelTableFile	file spec of parameter smearing values for barrel
EndcapTableFile	file spec of parameter smearing values for endcap ( = 'none' if no endcap)

Notes:

All parameters must be set.
The smearing parameter files are in a specific format, currently as prepared by Bruce Schumm.

R.Dubois Last Modified: 01/13/04 12:55