The event inputs are from imQMD simulations run by Zhang. We have limited systems available. A list of the currently available systems and energies can be found here:

Simulations

In order to determine the specifications required for the electronics, simulations with maximum multiplicity and maximum energy deposition must be studied. Thus, we have simulated central collisions (b=2fm) at 150MeV/u and peripheral collisions (b=6fm) at 50MeV/u in the TPC.

Using the HEPEvt interface, the imQMD output was read into GEANT. In order to do this, the files must be in PYTHIA format.

Simulated event: 124Sn, 50MeV, b=6fm, 1 event

From these simulations, we were able to determine the occupancy of the read out pads.

Pad hits for the above event.

When the fragments are read into GEANT, all fragments heavier than an alpha particle are ignored. The the peripheral event (which has the largest fraction of heavy fragments), this amounts to ignoring 13% of the nucleons, or ~1% of the fragments. This should not significantly impact the pad occupancies. It does, however, dramatically effect the energy deposition in the pads. Thus, the heaviest fragment from the 50MeV, 6fm simulation was considered as a single particle passing through the detector. The occupancy numbers and energy deposition ranges can be found in the following chart.

Occupancy study

In order to take advantage of the beams available at the NSCL, the AT-TPC must have a detector capable of differentiating the nuclei present in the secondary beams. There are a wide variety of options for this detector. Details are presented on the following slides.

PPACs and scintillators