EcalDigiProducer.cxx

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#include "Ecal/EcalDigiProducer.h"
 
#include <set>  //for tracking used detector IDs
 
#include "DetDescr/EcalGeometry.h"
#include "DetDescr/EcalID.h"
#include "Framework/RandomNumberSeedService.h"
#include "Recon/Event/HgcrocDigiCollection.h"
#include "SimCore/Event/SimCalorimeterHit.h"
 
namespace ecal {
 
void EcalDigiProducer::configure(framework::config::Parameters& ps) {
  // settings of readout chip
  //  used  in actual digitization
  auto hgcroc_params = ps.get<framework::config::Parameters>("hgcroc");
  hgcroc_ = std::make_unique<ldmx::HgcrocEmulator>(hgcroc_params);
  clock_cycle_ = hgcroc_params.get<double>("clock_cycle");
  n_adcs_ = hgcroc_params.get<int>("n_adcs");
  i_soi_ = hgcroc_params.get<int>("i_soi");
  noise_ = hgcroc_params.get<bool>("noise");
 
  // collection names
  input_coll_name_ = ps.get<std::string>("input_coll_name");
  input_pass_name_ = ps.get<std::string>("input_pass_name");
  digi_coll_name_ = ps.get<std::string>("digi_coll_name");
 
  zero_suppression_ = ps.get<bool>("zero_suppression");
 
  // physical constants
  //  used to calculate unit conversions
  mev_ = ps.get<double>("mev");
 
  // Time -> clock counts conversion
  //  time [ns] * ( 2^10 / max time in ns ) = clock counts
  ns_ = 1024. / clock_cycle_;
 
  readout_threshold_ = ps.get<double>("avg_readout_threshold");
  pedestal_ = ps.get<double>("avg_pedestal");
  noise_rms_ = ps.get<double>("avg_noise_rms");
}
 
void EcalDigiProducer::onNewRun(const ldmx::RunHeader&) {
  // noise generator by default uses a Gausian model for noise
  //  i.e. It assumes the noise is distributed around a mean (setPedestal)
  //  with a certain RMS (setNoise) and then calculates
  //  how many hits_ should be generated for a given number of empty
  //  channels and a minimum readout value (setNoiseThreshold)
  noise_generator_ = std::make_unique<ldmx::NoiseGenerator>();
  // Configure generator that will produce noise hits_ in empty channels
  // rms noise in mV
  noise_generator_->setNoise(noise_rms_);
  // mean noise amplitude (if using Gaussian Model for the noise) in mV
  noise_generator_->setPedestal(pedestal_);
  // threshold for readout in mV
  noise_generator_->setNoiseThreshold(readout_threshold_);
  // Set up seeds
  const auto& rseed = getCondition<framework::RandomNumberSeedService>(
      framework::RandomNumberSeedService::CONDITIONS_OBJECT_NAME);
  noise_generator_->seedGenerator(
      rseed.getSeed("EcalDigiProducer::NoiseGenerator"));
  // Random number generator for layer_ / module_ / cell
  rng_.seed(rseed.getSeed("EcalDigiProducer"));
  // Setting up the read-out chip
  hgcroc_->seedGenerator(rseed.getSeed("EcalDigiProducer::HgcrocEmulator"));
  hgcroc_->condition(
      getCondition<conditions::DoubleTableCondition>("EcalHgcrocConditions"));
}
 
void EcalDigiProducer::produce(framework::Event& event) {
  // Empty collection to be filled
  ldmx::HgcrocDigiCollection ecal_digis;
  ecal_digis.setNumSamplesPerDigi(n_adcs_);
  ecal_digis.setSampleOfInterestIndex(i_soi_);
 
  // detector IDs that already have a hit in them
  std::set<unsigned int> filled_det_i_ds;
 
  /******************************************************************************************
   * HGCROC Emulation on Simulated Hits
   *****************************************************************************************/
  // std::cout << "Sim Hits" << std::endl;
  // get simulated ecal hits_ from Geant4
  //  the class EcalHitIO in the SimApplication module_ handles the translation
  //  from G4CalorimeterHits to SimCalorimeterHits this class ensures that only
  //  one SimCalorimeterHit is generated per cell, but multiple "contributions"
  //  are still handled within SimCalorimeterHit
  auto ecal_sim_hits{event.getCollection<ldmx::SimCalorimeterHit>(
      input_coll_name_, input_pass_name_)};
 
  /* debug printout
  std::cout << "Energy to Voltage Conversion: " << mev_ << " mV/MeV" <<
  std::endl;
   */
 
  for (auto const& sim_hit : ecal_sim_hits) {
    std::vector<std::pair<double, double>> pulses_at_chip;
    for (int i_contrib = 0; i_contrib < sim_hit.getNumberOfContribs();
         i_contrib++) {
      /* debug printout
      std::cout << simHit.getContrib(iContrib).edep << " MeV" << std::endl;
       */
      pulses_at_chip.emplace_back(
          sim_hit.getContrib(i_contrib).edep_ * mev_,
          sim_hit.getContrib(i_contrib).time_  // global time (t=0ns at target)
              - sim_hit.getPosition().at(2) /
                    299.702547  // shift light-speed particle traveling along z_
      );
    }
 
    unsigned int hit_id = sim_hit.getID();
    filled_det_i_ds.insert(hit_id);
 
    ldmx_log(debug) << " Emulation of hitID = " << hit_id
                    << " with energy = " << sim_hit.getEdep()
                    << " MeV at time = "
                    << sim_hit.getTime() -
                           sim_hit.getPosition().at(2) / 299.702547;
 
    // container emulator uses to write out samples and
    // transfer samples into the digi collection
    std::vector<ldmx::HgcrocDigiCollection::Sample> digi_to_add;
    if (hgcroc_->digitize(hit_id, pulses_at_chip, digi_to_add)) {
      ldmx_log(debug) << "  --> The HGCROC will read-out this hit!";
      ecal_digis.addDigi(hit_id, digi_to_add);
    }
  }
 
  /******************************************************************************************
   * Noise Simulation on Empty Channels
   *****************************************************************************************/
  if (noise_) {
    // put noise into some empty channels
 
    // geometry constants
    //  These are used in the noise generation so that we can randomly
    //  distribute the noise uniformly throughout the ECal channels.
    const auto& geom = getCondition<ldmx::EcalGeometry>(
        ldmx::EcalGeometry::CONDITIONS_OBJECT_NAME);
    int n_ecal_layers = geom.getNumLayers();
    int n_modules_per_layer = geom.getNumModulesPerLayer();
    int n_cells_per_module = geom.getNumCellsPerModule();
    int num_empty_channels =
        n_ecal_layers * n_modules_per_layer * n_cells_per_module -
        ecal_digis.getNumDigis();
 
    // Uniform distributions for integer generation
    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> layer_dist(0, n_ecal_layers - 1);
    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> module_dist(0, n_modules_per_layer - 1);
    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> cell_dist(0, n_cells_per_module - 1);
 
    if (zero_suppression_) {
      // noise generator gives us a list of noise amplitudes [mV] that randomly
      // populate the empty channels and are above the readout threshold
      auto noise_hit_amplitudes{
          noise_generator_->generateNoiseHits(num_empty_channels)};
      std::vector<std::pair<double, double>> fake_pulse(1, {0., 0.});
      for (double noise_hit : noise_hit_amplitudes) {
        // generate detector ID for noise hit
        // making sure that it is in an empty channel
        unsigned int noise_id;
        do {
          int layer_id = layer_dist(rng_);
          int module_id = module_dist(rng_);
          int cell_id = cell_dist(rng_);
          auto det_id = ldmx::EcalID(layer_id, module_id, cell_id);
          noise_id = det_id.raw();
        } while (filled_det_i_ds.find(noise_id) != filled_det_i_ds.end());
        filled_det_i_ds.insert(noise_id);
 
        // noise generator gives the amplitude above the readout threshold
        //  we need to convert it to the amplitude above the pedestal
        noise_hit +=
            hgcroc_->gain(noise_id) *
            (hgcroc_->readoutThreshold(noise_id) - hgcroc_->pedestal(noise_id));
 
        // create a digi as put it into the collection
        ecal_digis.addDigi(noise_id, hgcroc_->noiseDigi(noise_id, noise_hit));
      }  // loop over noise amplitudes
    } else {
      // no zero suppression, put some noise emulation in **all** empty channels
      // loop through all channels
      for (int layer{0}; layer < n_ecal_layers; layer++) {
        for (int module{0}; module < n_modules_per_layer; module++) {
          for (int cell{0}; cell < n_cells_per_module; cell++) {
            unsigned int channel{ldmx::EcalID(layer, module, cell).raw()};
            // check if channel already has a (real) hit in it
            if (filled_det_i_ds.find(channel) != filled_det_i_ds.end())
              continue;
            // create a digi as put it into the collection
            ecal_digis.addDigi(channel, hgcroc_->noiseDigi(channel));
          }  // cells in each module_
        }  // modules in each layer_
      }  // layers in ECal
    }  // yes or no zero suppression
  }  // if we should do the noise
 
  event.add(digi_coll_name_, ecal_digis);
 
  return;
}  // produce
 
}  // namespace ecal
 
DECLARE_PRODUCER(ecal::EcalDigiProducer);