Changeset 2047 for trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/ReflectorII

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04/30/03 08:32:17 (22 years ago)

Author:

moralejo

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• trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/ReflectorII/Changelog (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/MagicSoft/Simulation/Detector/ReflectorII/Changelog

@@ -8 +8 @@
 a wrong mirror was chosen, which was actually further away from the impact 
 point than the mirror size, and therefore the photon was discarded later as
-"not hitting any mirror". Now we measure the distance on the paraboloid. The 
-new code is:
+"not hitting any mirror" (about 20% loss for eco1000) Now we measure the 
+distance on the paraboloid. The new code is:
 
   /*  calculate the mirror to be used */ 
@@ -24 +24 @@
     }
   }
+
+Now the "distance" we calculate on the paraboloid is not a real distance, 
+because sx,sy are measured along the cut between the paraboloid and planes 
+containing the paraboloid axis and the x or y axis... but this should not 
+matter much with such "flat" paraboloids. What cannot be done, as was before,
+is check the distance in the x,y,z space and then check whether the photon 
+is inside the mirror in the sx,sy space, because then we lose photons for 
+which a nearest mirror is chosen which in sx,sy is not close enough to 
+contain the photon.
 
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