MULTITRACK(MULTIpurpose TRACKing software)

Abstract The MULTITRACK project represents an outstanding

effort between some European laboratories to realize a new software for the design of nuclear systems for fundamental

research, applied research and nuclear technologies.

With this project the proponents intend to make available, mainly for the European community, a fast, user friendly

Track Follower coupled to the most used Monte Carlo codes in a modern software framework.

The IDEA: a general purpose track fitting code• a tracking program (like GEANE): treats the track as a 5-dimensional object and finds its points as mean values with

errors• Mean values depends on magnetic field,

ionization energy loss, radiation energy loss• Errors depends on energy loss, multiple

scattering and on the previous track history• Tracking is necessary for global fitting (Kalman filter and GaussianSumFilter)

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Trackingvs MC

MC= at each step the trajectory is sampledas a random valueResult: histograms of many particles

Tracking= at each step the trajectory is calculatedas a mean value withan associate errorResult: mean and error forone “particle”

track following

GEANT is a general purpose MC codeThe same is missing for track fitting

The proposal

Participants so far

• INFN Pavia, Torino, Ferrara, Frascati

• IPN Orsay

• KVI Groeningen

Work Packages• WP1 (Managerial activities)• WP2 (Tracking of heavy charged particles) INFN• WP3 (Tracking of charged particles with

bremmstrahlung) IPN, KVI, INFN• WP4 (Tracking of high energy photons) KVI, IPN• WP5 (matching tracks from different detectors,

use in Kalman filters) INFN• WP6 (Software integration) INFN• WP7 (Comparison with experimental data) INFN

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/cooperation?callIdentifier=FP7-ICT-2013-X

• Identifier: FP7-ICT-2013-X• Publication Date: 12 September 2012• Budget: € 15 000 000• Deadline: 29 January 2013 at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)• OJ Reference: OJ C276 of 13 September 2012 • Specific Programme(s): COOPERATION• Theme(s): Information and Communication Technologies

FET Open Xtrack

STEPS1 To write a general document containing Work Packages Tasks deliverable milestones repository with MSword correction

This document (20-30pages), should contain all the information (also for partners) to be inserted on line into the project.

2. The preliminary document will be presented to INFN. After the approval, all the partners can register

3 The project is compiled and submitted

schedule1 general document and INFN proposal december 6 Work Packages Tasks deliverable milestones

the document is distributed to all the partners (repository)

2. Registration december 15

3 Project compilation January 15

4 Completion January 29

INFN proposal

General document

Registration

On line Compilation

presentation

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Dec Jan

Time and Costs

• Duration 2 years

• Costs per year personel 440 kEu (74.000 x6) travels, conferences, seminars 100 kEu hardware (?) 10 kEu• total cost 1.100 kEu (1/15 of the Budget)