[b1_ana] b1 phone meeting April 29 (note time)

J. P. Chen jpchen at jlab.org
Wed May 1 10:52:48 EDT 2013


2pm is fine for me.

On 5/1/2013 10:51 AM, Karl Slifer wrote:
>
> OK,
>
> I think 1/2 hour is not sufficient, so how about 2:00pm. (I'll skip my 
> student office hours.)
>
> JP?
> Dustin?
> Oscar?
>
> Ellie and Patricia have already said they are free this time, and 
> anytime today is unfortunately difficult for Narbe.
>
> thanks
>
> -Karl
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Oscar Rondon-Aramayo 
> <or at cms.mail.virginia.edu <mailto:or at cms.mail.virginia.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Karl,
>
>     We met with Dustin  last evening and after going in detail over
>     the formulas
>     for the ratio Npol/Nun, we found that the unpolarized sigma_N,
>     sigma_D and
>     sigma_He (see my last email) can be collected in one group, which
>     cancels
>     with the denominator (all unpolarized), leaving a term
>     sigma_D*Azz*Pzz/denominator, which I realized can be written as
>     f*Azz*Pzz, f
>     = dilution factor.
>
>     With the dilution factor, the formulas in Dustin's third row of
>     equalities
>     in his Observables2 report, which are valid only for pure D (the
>     HERMES
>     case), can also be used for ND3 targets.
>
>     In summary, we can take the ratio of the pol to unpol counts,
>     which takes us
>     to Azz, at the price of the dilution factor and its error, plus
>     the need to
>     use some form of F1 to get b1 from Azz, or the difference, which
>     takes us
>     directly to b1.
>
>     In both cases the systematic errors, other than the charge and
>     detector
>     efficiency are normalizations, and since the error on Pzz is
>     expected to
>     dominate, it really is a matter of taste, once we have the numbers
>     on hand.
>     We'll surely try both.
>
>     For the statistical errors, f enters in the Azz time estimate, but
>     Q*A*l*pf
>     enter in the difference (Pzz is in both). I need to do some
>     numbers yet
>     (everyone should try) to compare the two approaches.
>
>     Finally, today we have the SANE meeting at 3:30, so I can join b1
>     from 1:00
>     to 3:30.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Oscar
>
>     On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:18:48 -0400
>       Karl Slifer <karl.slifer at unh.edu <mailto:karl.slifer at unh.edu>>
>     wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > The methodology is the central question and I think we have to
>     resolve any
>     > lingering doubts today.  I highly encourage that everyone really
>     read
>     > Oscar's note (Eq 19 and 20) and his last email before we discuss
>     today.
>     >
>     > I would really not like to delay till tomorrow if possible since
>     time is
>     >so
>     > tight. I hope we can get a majority to participate at 3pm.
>      Please let me
>     > know if you can't.
>     >
>     > -Karl
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > ---
>     > Karl J. Slifer
>     > Assistant Professor
>     > University of New Hampshire
>     > Telephone : 603-722-0695 <tel:603-722-0695>
>     >
>     >
>     > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 5:59 PM, O. A. Rondon <or at virginia.edu
>     <mailto:or at virginia.edu>> wrote:
>     >
>     >> Hi Dustin,
>     >>
>     >> Dustin Keller wrote:
>     >> > You can only benefit from the systematic reduction if you us
>     Azz as
>     >> > discussed yesterday.  But at this point I am not partial.
>     >> >
>     >> > dustin
>     >> >
>     >>
>     >> In the experiment, we only have counts. What we need to show to
>     the PAC
>     >> is how we go from the counts Npol and Nu, to Azz or b1. A measured
>     >> quantity needs to be on one side and physics on the other. Lets
>     say we
>     >> start with your ratio Npol/Nu - 1 = Pzz*Azz, which only
>     requires Pzz >0.
>     >>
>     >> We need to prove that the lhs reproduces the rhs. We have, in
>     general,
>     >> N = Q*e*A*l*sigma. But since N are counts from everything in
>     the target,
>     >> it is not a simple matter of canceling quantities that stay the
>     same
>     >> when the polarization changes:
>     >>
>     >> Npol = Qpol*epol*Apol*lpol*sigma_pol
>     >>      = Qpol*epol*Apol*lpol*[(sigma_N+3*sigma_Dpol)*pf +
>     sigma_He*(1-pf)]
>     >>
>     >> Nu   = Qu*eu*Au*lu*[(sigma_N+3*sigma_D)*pf + sigma_He*(1-pf)]
>     >>
>     >> sigma_N and sigma_He are the same, always unpol. And
>     >> sigma_Dpol = sigma_D(1+Pzz*Azz).
>     >>
>     >> Then, since Apol = Au = A, and lpol = lu = l,
>     >>
>     >> Npol/Nu =
>     >> (Qpol/Qu)*(epol/eu)*[(sigma_N+3sigma_D(1+
>     Azz*Pzz))*pf+..)]/[(sigma_N+..
>     >>
>     >> where I just put ..., because I don't see how it can be
>     simplified to
>     >> just leave Azz*Pzz + 1, to equal the rhs.
>     >>
>     >> On the other hand, if instead of taking the ratio Npol/Nu
>     first, we take
>     >> the difference first, it's indeed possible to isolate the required
>     >> Pzz*b1 on on side, like I do in my draft, eq. (19) or (20). And in
>     >> fact, we don't even need to bother with Azz, because we get b1
>     without
>     >> having to multiply Azz by F1, introducing one more systematic
>     error.
>     >>
>     >> So, in summary, once one substitutes all the ingredients for
>     your sigmas
>     >> we get, or ought to get, eq.(19) or (20) back.
>     >>
>     >> In both of those equations, the systematics for Pzz, A, and
>     l(pf) are
>     >> normalization factors, just like we want them to be, for control of
>     >> systematics, but the charge and the detector efficiency are not
>     common
>     >> factors, they depend on the period when the data are taken,
>     either pol.
>     >> or unpol.
>     >>
>     >> My point is that for the proposal, we must spell this all out,
>     to give
>     >> explicit sources of errors, and to calculate times or
>     statistical errors
>     >> correctly. For example, the statistical error must be sqrt(Npol
>     + N_U) ~
>     >> sqrt(2N), because it is just the error of a difference, etc.
>     >>
>     >> We need to have a consensus on how the method is going to be
>     described
>     >> in the proposal, which needs to be done in the most precise way
>     to avoid
>     >> any confusion due to ambiguities.
>     >>
>     >> Cheers,
>     >>
>     >> Oscar
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, O. A. Rondon wrote:
>     >> >
>     >> >> Hi,
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Since I couldn't stay until the end of the meeting, and I
>     don't think
>     >> >> there will be minutes of it, I would like to share some
>     ideas for the
>     >> >> proposal draft.
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Basically, what we need is an equation with the measured
>     quantity on
>     >>one
>     >> >> side and b1 or Azz on the other. Based on what I think the
>     consensus
>     >> >> was, to measure polarized minus unpolarized counts on a
>     single cup with
>     >> >> the target field aligned along the beam, I've updated the
>     draft of my
>     >> >> method, see subsection 0.2, which discusses this. Eq. (19)
>     or eq. (20)
>     >> >> meet the conditions stated above. This is the approach I would
>     >>subscribe
>     >> >> to, unless there is another version that is shown to also
>     represent the
>     >> >> procedure, which should be circulated as soon as possible.
>     The draft
>     >> >> is here
>     >> >> http://twist.phys.virginia.edu/~or/b1/b1_method-v2.pdf
>     <http://twist.phys.virginia.edu/%7Eor/b1/b1_method-v2.pdf>
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Cheers,
>     >> >>
>     >> >> Oscar
>     >> >>
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