Update 11.16.2018 -- Run 9 pp: Updated Unfolding Results (Pi0 and Gamma Triggers, R = 0.2 and R = 0.5, eTtrg = 9 - 15 GeV)
After fixing a bug in how I was implementing my prior in the unfolding process, I updated the spectra I previously unfolded and also tried unfolding some new spectra. The uncertainty bands below contain the following:
- Default unfolding [bayesian algo., k = 4 (for R = 0.2) or 5 (for R = 0.5), embedding response, prior is taken from Pythia 6]
- Parameterization of the response [i.e. using Pythia 8 as the prior]
- +-5% on the tracking efficiency
- 2 variations of the tracking resolution
- k + 1
- Levy prior
- Power law prior, +-0.2 on the "default power" [taken from fits to Pythia 8]
And just to be clear, the algorithm for calculating the gamma-direct systematic uncertainties is as so:
- Given a systematic variation and the default, do the gamma-rich bkgd. subtraction so that 'YdirDef = (YrichDef - B * YpiDef) / (1 - B)' and 'YdirVar = (YrichVar - B * YpiVar) / (1 - B)'. Here 'Y' indicates the per-trigger yield for a given triggered recoil-jet spectrum, and 'B' indicates the gamma-rich background level.
- Re-do gamma-rich subtraction for both the default and variation with 'B + deltaB' and 'B - deltaB' to obtain 3 (in total) variations of 'YdirVar' and 2 variations (besides the default) of 'YdirDef'. Here 'deltaB' indicates the total uncertainty on 'B'.
- Calculate the systematic uncertainty between 'YdirDef' and all 5 variations of 'YdirVar' and 'YdirDef'.
- Repeat for all systematic varations.
The systematic uncertainty calculation is handled in the same manner as before. Below are some examples of the systematic uncertainties on the gamma-direct trigger.
Note that the common errors have not been removed from the ratios. And so, below are the fully corrected results.
R = 0.2, eTtrg = 9 - 11 GeV:
R = 0.5, eTtrg = 9 - 11 GeV:
R = 0.2, eTtrg = 11 - 15 GeV:
R = 0.5, eTtrg = 11 - 15 GeV:
The Pythia distributions are particularly wiggly because they were made with fairly low statistics (I didn't have the relevant distributions on hand and had to churn them out quickly).
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