Dataset-manipulation tools for simulated collider events

Introduction

This project aims to make the process of performing any form of modification to the simulated collider events a much simpler one. Examples of such changes include slicing, converting, merging, splitting, and any combination of such processes.

The scope of the project changed during the middle, and implementation of a pileup tool was added to it. It is a tool that generates signal events superimposed with min-bias events, resulting in an event-generator-level approximation to the presence of pileup in high-luminosity collisions.

Work Done

It was decided to split the modification toolkit as a collection of small python programs that perform a particular task which can then be used together for performing a combination type process. Till the mid-evaluation, the functions that are implemented are the following :

• Conversion of file formats
• Slicing out the top n events from a HepMC3 file, equivalent to the head command
• Slicing out the top n events from a HepMC3 file, equivalent to the tail command
• Cutting out any range of particles from a HepMC3 file
• Merging of different HepMC3 files to a single file

On the other hand, progress on the pile up tool was made. The tool is called pilemc which was previously a C++ tool last updated in 2015.

The pilemc code is written in python, which allows for adding pileup to a signal file. The following feaures were implemented :

• A memory efficient event finder is used which first seeks the event and then sends the event to the main pilemc code
• As the event has to be composed using the signal vertex and particles combined with the pile-up vertex and particles. Thus, a custom event composer is required which combines them into a single event which can then be added to the output file

Links

The event manipulation tools are present in the bin folder of the MCutils repository

The codes for pilemc are present here