Index: /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Criteria.tex =================================================================== --- /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Criteria.tex (revision 6602) +++ /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Criteria.tex (revision 6603) @@ -110,25 +110,6 @@ -\subsection{Applicability for Different Sampling Speeds / No Pulse Shaping.} -The current read-out system of the MAGIC telescope~\cite{Magic-DAQ} with 300~MSamples/s is relatively slow compared to the fast pulses of -about 2\,ns FWHM of Cherenkov pulses. -To acquire the pulse shape an artificial pulse shaping to about 6.5\,ns FWHM is used. Thereby also more night sky background light -is integrated which acts as noise. - -For 2 ns FWHM fast pulses a 2 GSamples/s FADC provides at least 4 sampling points. This permits a reasonable reconstruction of the pulse shape. First prototype tests with fast digitization systems for MAGIC have been successfully conducted \cite{GSamlesFADC}. The signals have been reconstructed within the common MAGIC Mars software framework. - - -\subsection{CPU Requirements} - -Depending on the reconstruction algorithm the signal reconstruction can take a significant amount of CPU time. -Especially the more sophisticated signal extractors can be time consuming which search for the position of the Cherenkov signals -in the recorded FADC time slices and perform a fit to these samples. At any case, the extractor should not be significantly slower than -the reading and writing routines of the MARS software. - -Thus, for an online-analysis a different extraction algorithm might be chosen than for the final most accurate -reconstruction of the signals offline. - -\subsection{Treatment of Calibration Pulses} +\subsection{Intrinsic Differences between Calibration and Cosmics Pulses} The calibration pulse reconstruction sets two important constraints to the signal extractor: @@ -144,4 +125,23 @@ \end{enumerate} +\subsection{Reconstruction Speed} + +Depending on the reconstruction algorithm the signal reconstruction can take a significant amount of CPU time. +Especially the more sophisticated signal extractors can be time consuming which search for the position of the Cherenkov signals +in the recorded FADC time slices and perform a fit to these samples. At any case, the extractor should not be significantly slower than +the reading and writing routines of the MARS software. + +Thus, for an online-analysis a different extraction algorithm might be chosen than for the final most accurate +reconstruction of the signals offline. + +\subsection{Applicability for Different Sampling Speeds / No Pulse Shaping.} + +The current read-out system of the MAGIC telescope~\cite{Magic-DAQ} with 300~MSamples/s is relatively slow compared to the fast pulses of +about 2\,ns FWHM of Cherenkov pulses. +To acquire the pulse shape an artificial pulse shaping to about 6.5\,ns FWHM is used. Thereby also more night sky background light +is integrated which acts as noise. + +For 2 ns FWHM fast pulses a 2 GSamples/s FADC provides at least 4 sampling points. This permits a reasonable reconstruction of the pulse shape. First prototype tests with fast digitization systems for MAGIC have been successfully conducted \cite{GSamlesFADC}. The signals have been reconstructed within the common MAGIC Mars software framework. + %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: latex Index: /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Results.tex =================================================================== --- /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Results.tex (revision 6602) +++ /trunk/MagicSoft/TDAS-Extractor/Results.tex (revision 6603) @@ -8,54 +8,55 @@ \begin{table}[htp] +\small{% +\rotatebox{90}{% \centering -\small{ -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} +\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \hline -\multicolumn{11}{|c|}{\large Tested Characteristics} \rule{0mm}{6mm} \rule[-2mm]{0mm}{6mm} \hspace{-3mm}\\ +\multicolumn{12}{|c|}{\large Tested Characteristics} \rule{0mm}{6mm} \rule[-2mm]{0mm}{6mm} \hspace{-3mm}\\ \hline \hline -Nr. & Name & Res. & Bias & Stab. & Stab. & Stab. & Res. & Stab. & Lin. & Speed \\ - & & $\widehat{S}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & pulse & low- & $\widehat{T}$ & $\widehat{T}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & \\ - & & & & & shape & gain & & & & \\ +Nr. & Name & Res. & Res. & Bias & Stab. & Stab. & Stab. & Res. & Stab. & Lin. & Speed \\ + & & $\widehat{S}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & pulse & low- & $\widehat{T}$ & $\widehat{T}$ & $\widehat{S}$ & \\ + & & size & const. & & & shape & gain & & & & \\ \hline \hline -1 & Fix Win. (4,4) & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \best \\ -2 & Fix Win. (4,6) & \ok & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \best \\ -3 & Fix Win. (6.6) & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ -4 & Fix Win. (8,8) & \no & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \best & \ok \\ -5 & Fix W. (14,10) & \no & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \best & \ok \\ +1 & Fix Win. (4,4) & \no & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \best \\ +2 & Fix Win. (4,6) & \no & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \best \\ +3 & Fix Win. (6.6) & \ok & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ +4 & Fix Win. (8,8) & \no & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \best & \ok \\ +5 & Fix W. (14,10) & \no & \ok & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \best & \ok \\ \hline -6 & FW. Spl. (4,4) & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -7 & FW. Spl. (4,6) & \ok & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -8 & FW. Spl. (6.6) & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -9 & FW. Spl. (8,8) & \no & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ -10 & FW. Spl (14,10) & \no & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ +6 & FW. Spl. (4,4) & \ok & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +7 & FW. Spl. (4,6) & \ok & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +8 & FW. Spl. (6.6) & \ok & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +9 & FW. Spl. (8,8) & \no & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ +10 & FW. Spl (14,10) & \no & \ok & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ \hline -11 & FW. Pk S. (2,2)& \no & -- & \no & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -12 & FW. Pk S. (4,4)& \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -13 & FW. Pk S. (4.6)& \ok & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -14 & FW. Pk S. (6,6)& \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ -15 & FW. Pk S. (8,8)& \no & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ -16 & FW Pk S (14,10)& \no & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ +11 & FW. Pk S. (2,2)& \no & \no & -- & \no & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +12 & FW. Pk S. (4,4)& \no & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +13 & FW. Pk S. (4.6)& \no & \no & -- & \ok & \no & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +14 & FW. Pk S. (6,6)& \ok & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \no & n/a & n/a & \no & \ok \\ +15 & FW. Pk S. (8,8)& \no & \ok & -- & \ok & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ +16 & FW Pk S (14,10)& \no & \ok & -- & \no & \ok & \ok & n/a & n/a & \ok & \ok \\ \hline -17 & Slid. W. (2,2) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \no & \no & \no & \ok \\ -18 & Slid. W. (4,4) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \no & \ok \\ -19 & Slid. W. (4.6) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok \\ -20 & Slid. W. (6,6) & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ -21 & Slid. W. (8,8) & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ -22 & Slid. W. (14,10) & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ +17 & Slid. W. (2,2) & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \no & \no & \no & \ok \\ +18 & Slid. W. (4,4) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \no & \ok \\ +19 & Slid. W. (4.6) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok \\ +20 & Slid. W. (6,6) & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ +21 & Slid. W. (8,8) & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ +22 & Slid. W. (14,10) & \no & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ \hline -23 & Spline Ampl. & \ok & \no & \no & \nt & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \ok \\ - & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ -24 & Splne Int. (1,1.5) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \nt & \ok & \best & \ok & \no & \ok \\ - & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ -25 & Spline Int. (2,3) & \ok &\ok & \best&\nt & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ - & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ -26 & Spline Int. (4,6) & \ok &\ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ -27 & Spline Int. (6,9) & \no &\best& \ok & \ok & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ +23 & Spline Ampl. & \ok & \no & \no & \no & \nt & \ok & \ok & \no & \no & \ok \\ + & & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ +24 & Splne Int. (1,1.5) & \ok & \no & \ok & \ok & \nt & \ok & \best & \ok & \no & \ok \\ + & & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ +25 & Spline Int. (2,3) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \best&\nt & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ + & & & & & & \test & & & & & \\ +26 & Spline Int. (4,6) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ +27 & Spline Int. (6,9) & \no & \ok & \best& \ok & \ok & \ok & \best & \ok & \ok & \no \\ \hline -28 & Dig. Filt. (6,6) & \ok &\ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ -29 & Dig. Filt. (4,4) & \best &\ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \best& \ok & \ok & \ok \\ +28 & Dig. Filt. (6,6) & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok \\ +29 & Dig. Filt. (4,4) & \best & \no & \ok & \ok & \ok & \ok & \best& \ok & \ok & \ok \\ \hline \hline @@ -65,5 +66,5 @@ charge signal $\widehat{S}$ and time $\widehat{T}$, and speed. \ok\ means that the extractor has passed the test, without being among the best. \no\ means that the extractor has severely failed the test and should -not be taken because of that reason. \best\ means that the extractor(s) have come out as best of the particular test. +not be taken because of that reason. \best\ means that the extractor(s) have come out as best of the particular test.} } \label{tab:result}