MarlinTPC: A common software framework for TPC development

Author

Abernathy, Jason ; Dehmelt, Klaus ; Diener, Ralf ; Engels, Jan ; Hunt, Jim ; Killenberg, Martin ; Krautscheid, Thorsten ; Münnich, Astrid ; Zimmermann, Simone ; Ummenhofer, Martin ; Vogel, Adrian ; Wienemann, Peter

Author_Institution

University of Victoria, BC, Canada

fYear

2008

fDate

19-25 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1704

Lastpage

1708

Abstract

MarlinTPC is a simulation, digitisation, reconstruction and analysis package for research and development on Time Projection Chambers. It is based on the modular Marlin framework for ILC detector development and on the LCIO event data model. The MarlinTPC package consists of more than 50 software modules, providing a flexible tool box for a large variety of TPC applications. It is designed to simulate and reconstruct data from TPCs equipped with conventional pad readout and different kinds of electronics (ADCs and TDCs), taking into account the particularities of micro pattern gas amplification (GEMs and Micromegas). Also upcoming pixellated readouts as the Timepix chip are supported.

Keywords

Analytical models; Detectors; Electronics packaging; Event detection; Geometry; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Research and development; Software packages; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dresden, Germany

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2714-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774731

Filename

4774731