Brunel v18r0 - released on 17th April 2003

(To be used for April 2003 "robustness test" productions)

The table below lists new features and bug fixes introduced in Brunel v18r0 (relative to v17r4)

Subsystem Item Responsible Status
Brunel Add protection for events with bad MCParticle/MCVertex structure (bug 208) M.Cattaneo BrunelAlgs v1r9, MCTools v1r1
  Use hash algorithm to initialize random number M.Cattaneo BruneKernel v5r4
  Add CaloMonitor DLL to BrunelMoni.opts (also, move corresponding #include out of Brunel.opts) M.Cattaneo Brunel v18r0
  Robustness test options M.Cattaneo Brunel v18r0
       
DST Add missing VeloTrack from algorithms to be timed
Fixes bug no. 191
M.Cattaneo BrunelAlgs v1r9
  Take DST content definition from GaudiConf M.Cattaneo Brunel v18r0
  Add missing L1 Clusters (were added as additional options in v17r4 productions) M.Cattaneo GaudiConf v6r6
       
Geometry Fix more discrepancies between CDF and Xml RICH descriptions   XmlDDDB v15r3
  Fix magnet position in Xml   XmlDDDB v15r3
       
L0 Do not do M3 seed cleaning in y direction O.Leroy L0Muon v6r5
       
L1 Fix bug 203: array out of bounds N.Tuning L1VeloTrack v5r0
       
Velo Improved monitoring
- extended set of histograms (not by default)
- subset for standard production
- summary table in log file
J.Palacios VeloAlgorithms v2r7
  Implement dead strips C.Parkes VeloAlgorithms v2r7. Switched off by default.
  Modify Velo tracking algorithm to cope with dead strips O.Callot VeloTrack v5r0
  Support for extra noise and smearing to mimic misalignment   VeloAlgorithms v2r7
       
RICH New OO-Rich improvements C.Jones In CVS, RichKernel v3r0, RichUtils v3r0,
RiSicbGeom v3r1, RichDet v4r1, RichDetTools v2r0, RichEvent v4r3,
RichRecBase v1r0, RichRecAlgs v2r0, RichMonitor v3r0, RiSicbCnv v5r5,
RichRecTools v2r0
  Fix valgrind errors in RiSicbGeom C.Jones Fixed in new version of code
  valgrind errors, bugs 138, 139 C.Jones Fixed in new version of code
  Flag events in which Rich reconstruction has aborted C.Jones Done in ProcStatus
  Support for degraded resolution (robustness test) G.Wilkinson RichRecTools v2r0, RichRecAlgs v2r0, recrich v7r4, BrunelSicb v4r1
       
ST Changes to reduce "Hit too steep to digitize" messages M.Needham ITAlgorithms v12r9
  Support for cluster smearing, to simulate misalignment M.Needham ITAlgorithms v12r9
  Minor bug fixes to cross-talk M Needham ITAlgorithms v12r9
       
OT New tool for generating random noise M.Needham In CVS, OTAlgorithms v12r4
  Improvements in monitoring J.v.Tilburg In CVS, OTAlgorithms v12r4
       
Calo Faster CaloCluster to MC truth association I.Belyaev CaloEvent v11r5, CaloAssociators v3r3
  Fix bug 305 - CaloMonitoring fails initialisation I.Belyaev CaloMonitor v1r4
  Updated S corrections I.Belyaev CaloReco v1r4, CaloPIDs v1r0
  Support for dead cells O.Callot CaloDigit v1r2
  Change digitization parameters (Npe, gain, noise fraction) O.Callot See talk of 18/03/2003. CaloDigit v1r2, XmlDDDB v15r3
       
Muon Implement low energy muon background parameterisation in digitisation phase A. Satta See Gloria's talk at Computing meeting 17/02/03. MuonAlgs v4r0, MuonSicbCnv v7r0, MuonUtils v1r0, MuonBackground v1r0