GEMC at Jefferson Lab¶
gemc is installed on the JLab interactive ifarm65 CUE machines and on the JLab farm nodes. This section describes how to run gemc on the CUE machines, using the CLAS12 detectors setup as exanple.
Sourcing the environment¶
The environment is necessary to load the libraries needed to run gemc. To load (csh):
source /site/12gev_phys/softenv.csh 2.3
or for Bash users::
source /site/12gev_phys/softenv.csh 2.3
Running GEMC¶
The clas12 detectors geometry and gcard are stored in the M drive (/group).
To run 10 events using clas12 detectors:
gemc /group/clas12/gemc/4.3.0/clas12.gcard -USE_GUI=0 -N=10
where 4.3.0 represent one of the clas12 code and geometry tag release.
The USE_GUI=0 option tells gemc to run in batch mode. By default gemc would run with USE_GUI=1 (interactive mode).
The output format (default: evio) is specified in the gcard:
<option name="OUTPUT" value="evio, out.ev"/>
A text format is also available by replacing evio with txt.
Command line/gcard options¶
The gcards and/or command line set the simulation conditions. The command line overwrites the gcard value.
The gemc command line options are in the format:
-OPTION="argument"
For example, to set the primary beam particle type, momentum, theta and phi:
-BEAM_P="e-, 6*GeV, 15*deg, 20*deg"
The corresponding option in the gcard has a name / value syntax like this:
<option name="BEAM_P" value="e-, 6*GeV, 15*deg, 20*deg"/>
All command line options can be used in the gcard and viceversa. See also GEMC Options.
Loading / Unloading detectors¶
A detector can be loaded with several variations (a variation could have a different material, or dimensions, or positioning).
To load a detector in the gcard:
<detector name="<path>/bst" factory="TEXT" variation="original"/>
Where name points to the name (with path) of the detector system and variation points to its variation. To remove a detector simply remove or comment its corresponding line.
The true information output is disabled by default. To activate it for a given system use the INTEGRATEDRAW flag. For example, to save bst and dc detectors true information:
<detector name="INTEGRATEDRAW" value="bst, dc"/>
The digitized information is activated by default but could be disabled, in similar fashion, with the INTEGRATEDDGT option.
Using the internal generator¶
A primary particle 4-momentum and vertex ranges can be set with the directives:
<option name="BEAM_P" value="proton, 4.0*GeV, 20.0*deg, 10*deg"/>
<option name="SPREAD_P" value="1*GeV, 10*deg, 180*deg"/>
<option name="BEAM_V" value="(0, 0, -5)cm"/>
<option name="SPREAD_V" value="(0.1, 10)cm"/>
The above will generate a proton with: * \(p\) between 3 and 5 GeV. * \(\theta\) between 10 and 30 degrees. * \(\phi\) between 0 and 360 degrees. * vertex z between -5 and 5 cm. * vertex radius between 0 and 0.1 cm.
Using a custom generator¶
gemc support the The LUND format To generate events using a LUND file:
-INPUT_GEN_FILE="LUND, filename"
See Generators for more details.
Generating Background¶
To add background coming from the beam interactions with any materials the following quantities must be defined:
a time window: the total time of one event
the number of beam particles for each event
the number of beam bunches
These quantities are defined with the LUMI_EVENT option. For example for clas12 \(10^{35}\) luminosity on 5cm LH2 target:
<option name="LUMI_EVENT" value="124000, 250*ns, 2*ns" />
<option name="LUMI_P" value="e-, 11*GeV, 0*deg, 0*deg" />
<option name="LUMI_V" value="(0.,0.,-10.)cm" />
<option name="LUMI_SPREAD_V" value="(0.01, 0.01)cm" />
Adds 124000 e- in 250 ns time window, grouped in 2 ns bunches. That would produce 125 bunches with 992 particles each bunch. The beam is 100 micron wide and starts 10 cm upstream of the center of the target.
Scaling Magnetic Fields¶
There are two magnetic fields: torus (clas12-torus-big) and solenoid (clas12-solenoid).
They both can be scaled with the SCALE_FIELD option. For example:
<option name="SCALE_FIELD" value="clas12-torus-big, -0.8"/>
<option name="SCALE_FIELD" value="clas12-solenoid, 0.5"/>
will invert and scale the torus, and halve the solenoid.
Note
The torus field is automatically loaded with the forward carriage volume. To activate the solenoid field, the option <option name=”HALL_FIELD” value=”clas12-solenoid”/> is needed.
Note
By default the torus map has e- outbending. So in order to have e- in-bending the torus field has to be scaled by -1 (done in the clas12 gcard).
Command line help¶
Typing gemc -help will show the help sub-categories:
Help Options:
> -help-all: all available options.
> -help-control control options.
> -help-general general options.
> -help-generator generator options.
> -help-luminosity luminosity options.
> -help-mysql mysql options.
> -help-output output options.
> -help-physics physics options.
> -help-verbosity verbosity options.
You can access to a specific subcategory like this:
gemc -help-control