From 1d414c18465b5200b58cfc2d31581e3dfc59f92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shivesh Mandalia Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 18:34:37 +0000 Subject: add contents to README.md --- README.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7548336..516f933 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,20 @@ Test Beam Facility](https://ftbf.fnal.gov/) (FTBF). ![G4BeamTest Logo](logo.png) -## Installation +## Contents +* [Optical Module Beam Test at the FTBF](#Optical-Module-Beam-Test-at-the-FTBF) +* [Installation](#Installation) + * [Dependencies](#Dependencies) +* [Running G4BeamTest](#Running-G4BeamTest) +* [License](#License) + +## Optical Module Beam Test at the FTBF + +In this beam test, a tank was filled with distilled water, upon which an Optical Module in a glass housing was floating, observing [Cherenkov light](https://icecube.wisc.edu/science/icecube/detector) inside the tank (see below schematic). The goal was to study and confirm if pulse shape information can be used for particle identification (PID) between pions and electrons in the context of future water or ice Cherenkov [neutrino telescope experiments](https://icecube.wisc.edu/). For more details, see the paper "[*Pulse Shape Particle Identification by a Single Large Hemispherical Photo-Multiplier Tube*](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03901)" - S. Samani, S. Mandalia, C. Argüelles, S. Axani, Y. Li, M.H. Moulai, B. Ty, Z. Xie, J. Conrad, T. Katori, P. Sandstrom. + + + +## Installation G4BeamTest can be installed using `cmake` ``` mkdir build && cd build @@ -16,7 +29,7 @@ cmake -DGEANT4_USE_QT=ON ../ make ``` -### Dependencies +### Dependencies G4BeamTest has the following dependencies: * [`gcc-c++`](https://gcc.gnu.org/) @@ -51,7 +64,7 @@ Additional dependencies: Be sure to install with `Qt` support for the GUI interface shown in the image above. -## Running G4BeamTest +## Running G4BeamTest To test the installation is working, run the test macro `run1.mac`, which will generate 10 electrons with an energy of 2 GeV and fire them into the tank. In @@ -69,13 +82,7 @@ To run with the GUI `Qt` application simply run ./G4BeamTest ``` -## Optical Module Beam Test at the FTBF - -In this beam test, a tank was filled with distilled water, upon which an Optical Module in a glass housing was floating, observing [Cherenkov light](https://icecube.wisc.edu/science/icecube/detector) inside the tank (see below schematic). The goal was to study and confirm if pulse shape information can be used for particle identification (PID) between pions and electrons in the context of future water or ice Cherenkov [neutrino telescope experiments](https://icecube.wisc.edu/). For more details, see the paper "[*Pulse Shape Particle Identification by a Single Large Hemispherical Photo-Multiplier Tube*](https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.03901)" - S. Samani, S. Mandalia, C. Argüelles, S. Axani, Y. Li, M.H. Moulai, B. Ty, Z. Xie, J. Conrad, T. Katori, P. Sandstrom. - -![Beam Test Schematic](beamtest.png) - -## License +## License [MIT License](LICENSE) -- cgit v1.2.3