GeantChecklist
Introduction
So much of the understanding of the performance of mu2e depends on simulation studies that a change in geant version could have far-reaching effects. This page contains a checklist for tests to perform before moving to a new geant. Typically, some tests would be skipped because the expert decides the effort to validate would not be justified for the low level of risk.
Geant4 package switches supported:
- mt - slf7 prof/debug with mt linked, and OGL libraries, OGL not linked by default
- non-mt, with qt, slf7 prof/debug only for viewing geometry
- sometimes the "vg" (vecgeom) versions are installed for future development
Note on MT build
4/4/18
- The geant MT branch code can be compiled against (and run using) a sequential version of G4 without the '-DG4MULTITHREADED' flag in the SConscript file.
- The MT branch code code can be compiled against an MT version of G4 with the addition of the '-DG4MULTITHREADED' flag in the SConscript file.
- MT version can be run in 3 modes: (1) in sequential mode, (2) in MT mode using a single thread in which there is a master thread that controls a single worker thread, and (3) in MT mode.
Geant4 v4_10_7_p04c and v4_11_0_p03
Oct. 25 2022. Testing newly released Geant4 patches.
v4_10_7_p04c Release Notes
v4_11_0_p03 Release Notes
Using this commit:
commit cc6e06709bd0533fa3b4c3a06eef1ba6051c8024 (HEAD -> 1024_ref, mu2e/main)
Merge: 6c773671f 16aff916d
Author: David Brown <Dave_Brown@lbl.gov>
Date: Tue Oct 18 22:43:42 2022 -0700
Merge pull request #866 from ehrlich-uva/main
Small changes to Crv Reco
We compare geant4 v4_10_7_p03b (envset p033) to geant4 v4_10_7_p04c and geant4 v4_11_0_p03.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0371 | 0.255 | 2915 | 110.0 |
| 10_7_p04c CE | 0.0369 | 0.254 | 2539 | 109.1 |
| 11_0_p03 CE | 0.0367 | 0.256 | 2532 | 109.4 |
| old POT | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2312 | 1.12 |
| 10_7_p04c POT | 1.99 | 1.99 | 1940 | 1.08 |
| 11_0_p03 POT | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1937 | 1.06 |
CE g4_10_7_p04c plots
POT g4_10_7_p04c plots
stops g4_10_7_p04c plots
CE g4_11_0_p03 plots
POT g4_11_0_p03 plots
stops g4_11_0_p03 plots
stops rates: old = 15824 10_7_p04c = 15824 11_0_p03 = 13597
Art v3_12_00
Aug. 29 2022. Testing this newly released art version. We will be validating the new art, then moving to newer Geant4 upgrades.
Using this commit:
commit 3904c7fd83efc88dab151439e36cc9c41c4347ca (HEAD -> art_312, mu2e/main)
Merge: df8da9230 1d8b48600
Author: Rob Kutschke <kutschke@fnal.gov>
Date: Fri Aug 26 10:33:08 2022 -0500
Merge pull request #836 from rlcee/pi_220824
replace 3.14 with M_PI
We compare geant4 v4_10_7_p03a + art v3_11 to geant4 v4_10_7_p03b + the newly released art v3_12.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0437 | 0.273 | 2673 | 69.34 |
| new CE | 0.0421 | 0.274 | 2753 | 68.72 |
| old POT | 2.46 | 2.46 | 2213 | 1.12 |
| new POT | 2.45 | 2.46 | 2287 | 1.14 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots
stops rates: old = 15886 new = 15886
v4_11_0_p01a
May 20. 2022. Testing this newly released patch, we will not be using this new version immediately. Instead, we will use this test to look for unexpected behaviors and request a new patch if need be.
Using this commit:
commit ab5350b042e8b50b16119c003658a7abd59dd6e1 (HEAD -> g4_11, mu2e/main)
Merge: 39be3ce87 3cdbd19be
Author: Rob Kutschke <kutschke@fnal.gov>
Date: Fri May 13 16:47:25 2022 -0500
Merge pull request #795 from sophiemiddleton/TEveUpdates
fix units in TEve following ROOT changes
We compare geant4 v4_10_7_p02 to the newly released v4_11_0_p01a - the only change is the version number in the envset file from envset p024.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0381 | 0.244 | 2711 | 67.35 |
| new CE | 0.0372 | 0.244 | 2705 | 67.21 |
| old POT | 2.22 | 2.224 | 2231 | 1.129 |
| new POT | 2.10 | 2.104 | 2223 | 1.109 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots
stops rates: old = 15781 new = 13822
Since the number of stopped muons changed significantly, the stops test has been run again with new seeds:
stops_newseed plots
stops rates: old = 15822 new = 13639
stops plots comparing v4_10 results
stops plots comparing v4_11 results
v4_10_7_p03a
January 24. 2022. Testing this newly released patch.
Using this commit:
commit 335283ceec3274f4cc35d790fa2a1cbdc4e71504 (HEAD -> g4_p03a, mu2e/main)
Merge: cd24c9df7 684a2a1e5
Author: David Brown <Dave_Brown@lbl.gov>
Date: Fri Jan 21 09:04:44 2022 -0800
Merge pull request #691 from kutschke/lvsd_fix
Fix bug in the registration of Logical Volume Sensitive Detectors
We compare geant4 v4_10_7_p02a to the newly released v4_10_7_p03a - the only change is the version number in the envset file. This will be envset p019.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0434 | 0.247 | 2928 | 61.16 |
| new CE | 0.0423 | 0.245 | 2929 | 61.24 |
| old POT | 2.48 | 2.48 | 2140 | 1.123 |
| new POT | 2.49 | 2.49 | 2141 | 1.131 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots
stops rates: old = 15637 new = 15498
v4_10_7_p02
June 22. 2021. Testing this newly released patch.
Using this commit:
commit da2aad9919bc17776dab27c6699333ad56279b8b
Merge: ade7c64f2 143eb9a99
Author: David Brown <Dave_Brown@lbl.gov>
Date: Fri Jun 18 07:55:17 2021 -0700
Merge pull request #496 from AndrewEdmonds11/trkana-removal2
TrkAna Fcl Removal
We compare geant4 v4_10_7_p01c to the newly released v4_10_7_p02 - the only change is the version number in .muse.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0353 | 0.240 | 3091 | 58.10 |
| new CE | 0.0358 | 0.249 | 3092 | 57.88 |
| old POT | 2.41 | 3.00 | 2418 | 2532 |
| new POT | 2.42 | 3.01 | 2420 | 2530 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots
v4_10_7_p01c and art v3_09_01
May 28 2021. Testing the new version of art v3_09_01 with geant4 v4_10_7_p01c for comparison with reference to art v3_09_00 to validate new art only. Reco.fcl plots are compared between the art v3_09_01 working area and the current head of Offline.
2k ceSimReco events Link: CE 2k plots
500 potSim events Link: pot 500 plots
50k cosmicSimReco events with @erase .fcl file Requested by Rob. Link: cosmic 50k @empty plots
1 file of reco events Link: reco plots
v4_10_7_p01c and art v3_09_00
May 12 2021. Testing the new version of art v3_09_00 with geant4 v4_10_7_p01c for comparison with old art v3_06 and geant4 version v4_10_7_p01b to validate new art.
These rounds of testing have been completed between the current art v3_09_00 working area in PR #409 and an older commit in that working area, the last commit with the art v3_08_00 tag to consolidate the validation of the v3_09 'bookkeeping' development.
5k ceSimReco events, these all exactly match. Link: CE 5k plots
500 potSim events, these all exactly match. Link: pot 500 plots
50k cosmicSimReco events, these have differences. Link: cosmic 50k plots
50k cosmicSimReco events with @erase .fcl file Requested by Rob, these have differences. Link: cosmic 50k @empty plots
A new round of testing against a new reference commit:
5k ceSimReco events. Link: CE 5k plots
500 potSim events. Link: pot 500 plots
50k cosmicSimReco events. Link: cosmic 50k plots
valCompare links for a special round of testing requested by Yuri:
Dsregion files. Link: DSregion plots
Mubeam files. Link: Mubeam plots
v4_10_7_p01c and art v3_08_00
Apr 14. 2021. Testing the new version of art with geant4 v4_10_7_p01c for comparison with old art and geant4 version v4_10_7_p01b to validate new art. More details are available in PR #409.
Tests for comparison: 10k ceSimReco events + 2k potSim events in each build (interactively, round 1).
Links to round 1 of tests:
CE plots
POT plots
Second set of tests for comparison: full-stat potSim jobs + muon stops jobs.
Muons stops rates:
old art + old CLHEP + G4 7_p01b 16046
new art + new CLHEP + G4 7_p01c 15775
Links to round 2 of tests:
stops compare.png plots
stops valCompare plots
full POT plots
v4_10_7_p01b
Mar 9. 2021. Testing this patch for comparison after noticing large effects in recent patch v4_10_7_p01a.
Using this commit:
commit 43ef90f664aed325a0b3dd1c5342b94bad51ec32
Merge: 0c86a5d6d 1a698b9ec
Author: Rob Kutschke <kutschke@fnal.gov>
Date: Fri Mar 5 17:41:30 2021 -0600
Merge pull request #368 from gianipez/ots_dev
new module for converting the calo fragments directly into caloHits w/o producing caloDigis
We compare geant4 v4_10_6_p03 to the newly released v4_10_7_p01b - the only change is the version number in setup.sh.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0374 | 0.495 | 3078 | 36.44 |
| new CE | 0.0373 | 0.495 | 3080 | 36.22 |
| old POT | 2.76 | 3.37 | 2477 | 2523 |
| new POT | 2.76 | 3.37 | 2475 | 2525 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots rates: old: 15505 new: 15371
stops val.fcl plots
v4_10_7_p01a
Feb 24. 2021. Testing this patch for Krzysztof.
Using this commit:
commit a14b9168f472378182c52f9468ba229411517170
Merge: c98911608 01beef107
Author: David Brown <Dave_Brown@lbl.gov>
Date: Sun Feb 21 21:13:01 2021 -0800
Merge pull request #348 from oksuzian/CosmicJobConfig
Adjusting cosmic fcls to compressDetStepMCs and other cleanups
We compare geant4 v4_10_6_p03 to the newly released v4_10_7_p01a - the only change is the version number in setup.sh.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0385 | 0.520 | 3097 | 79.73 |
| new CE | 0.0390 | 0.520 | 3091 | 78.85 |
| old POT | 2.84 | 3.47 | 2480 | 2534 |
| new POT | 2.84 | 3.47 | 2479 | 2538 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots rates: old: 15518 new: 7853
stops val.fcl plots
v4_10_6_p03
Feb 4. 2021. Testing this patch for Krzysztof.
Using this commit:
commit 54cf3799c7dcc92a462303bb425ab60f460c88f3
Merge: bf52f4c96 1fe9b5df5
Author: Rob Kutschke <kutschke@fnal.gov>
Date: Mon Feb 1 16:15:26 2021 -0600
Merge pull request #332 from brownd1978/g4opt2
Use longer G4 range in calo volume
We compare geant4 v4_10_6_p02b to the proposed: v4_10_6_p03 - the only change is the version number in setup.sh.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons (check), 25K POT (check). The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0383 | 0.515 | 3026 | 51.16 |
| new CE | 0.0380 | 0.515 | 3027 | 51.11 |
| old POT | 2.81 | 3.43 | 2446 | 2522 |
| new POT | 2.79 | 3.42 | 2446 | 2526 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots rates: old: 15518 new: 15518
updates for MDC2020
2/1/2021, PR's 330 and 332, updated
JobConfig/primary/epilog.fcl
with
physics.producers.g4run.physics.minRangeRegionCuts: { CalorimeterMother : 0.1}
and
physics.producers.g4run.physics.physicsListName:ShieldingM_EMZ
Remaing questions
The list below is the set of questions that need to be answered to configure G4 for MDC2020. In all cases we need to consider: physics fidelity, CPU time, file size
- Should we upgrade to v4.10.7.p01(a)?
- At what energy should we set the break in the EM physics model?
- Which jobs need HP physics lists and which do not?
- Presumably the pure EM Primaries do not need HP. Anything else?
- Decide on production cuts by region. The following table is the working proposal
| Value | Region/Volume |
|---|---|
| (mm) | |
| 0.700 | Default |
| 0.010 | Production Target mother |
| 0.010 | p-bar absorbers in PS and TS3 (single volumes? mother volume?) |
| 0.010 | Stopping Target mother |
| 0.001 | Tracker mother |
| 0.100 | Calorimeter mother |
The default value is chosen to be correct for the CRV plastic; the CRV system does not have any convenient mother volumes.
v4_10_6_p02a
June 9. 2020. Testing this patch for Krzysztof.
Using this commit:
commit a8757f2b91139
Author: Rob Kutschke <kutschke@fnal.gov>
Date: Wed Jun 3 21:32:08 2020 -0500
Merge pull request #179 from resnegfk/g4106
upgrading geant4 to 10.6.p01
We compare geant4 v4_10_6_p01 to the proposed: v4_10_6_p02a - the only change is the version number in setup.sh.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons, 25K POT. The CPU result are from
repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.0251 | 0.199 | 2730 | 38.0 |
| new CE | 0.0257 | 0.198 | 2732 | 37.9 |
| old POT | 2.81 | 3.45 | 2125 | 2556 |
| new POT | 2.85 | 3.48 | 2125 | 2546 |
CE plots
POT plots
stops plots rates: old: 1532 new: 1532
v4_10_6_p01
issues
- CRV sign-off needed - is neutron physics reasonable?
- file sizes too large - check PS.fcl, the production version of potSim with filtering
- RLC - checked PS.fcl, the file sizes are equivalent in old and new
- memory sizes too large - check if this is neutron cross section tables
- to test: export G4NEUTRONHPDATA=/cvmfs/mu2e.opensciencegrid.org/artexternals/g4neutron/v4_5/NULL/G4NDL4.5
- RLC confirms making the table change brings CE and POT memory back in line with the "old"
- in KLG's small scale test, the electron/gamma/neutron distributions go back to what was seen with v4_10_5_p01a when the above dataset is used, which is consistent with the memory decrease seen/confirmed by RLC
- 4/15/20 - a tentative discussion to accept the memory increase, and deal with it when the next production needs a fix. The solution may b e to split the jobs in parts.
Results
Proposal to evaluate this version 2/19/20. This upgrade is to obtain geant features. It should also fix a geant geometry bug which caused a crash in some particles in the ExtMon.
Comparison done on commit 96105ca37c (head as of 2/20), with the proton generator module name fixed in stoppedMuonsSingleStage.fcl.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons, 25K POT. The CPU result are from repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time. "Old" in comparisons is v4_10_5_p01a.
| Sample | g4 CPU (s) | tot CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.02527 | 0.2046 | 2331 | 37.4 |
| new CE | 0.02472 (-2%) | 0.2034 (-1%) | 2726 (+17%) | 37.2 (-1%) |
| old POT | 2.664 | 3.190 | 1718 | 2249 |
| new POT | 2.685 (+1%) | 3.289 (+3%) | 2130 (+24%) | 2549 (+13%) |
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| Krzysztof | release notes presented | talk | |
| Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | ||
| Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | plots | |
| Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | plots | |
| Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | ||
| Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | rate +1+/-1% plots | |
| Rob | magnetic field transport | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | ||
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| Yuri | CRV deadtime | ||
| Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM background | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon background | ||
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| Andrei | beam electron background | ||
| Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds |
v4_10_5_p01a
Moved to this version 01/28/20 PR #124, v08_02_00.
Propose to move to this version 1/25/20. This is the second attempt, after StrawGas was introduced to deal with a higher number of steppoints. Also moved to new stepper and random numbers. This comparison is only on the version number change.
Comparison done on commit 14eeda4, with the proton generator module name fixed in stoppedMuonsSingleStage.fcl.
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons, 25K POT. The CPU result are from repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | CPU (s) | MEM (MB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 0.1544 | 2342 | 37.46 |
| new CE | 0.1686 (+9%) | 2349 | 37.51 |
| old POT | 2.585 | 1707 | 1905 |
| new POT | 2.718 (+5%) | 1738 | 2249 (+18%) |
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| 9/3/19 | Krzysztof | release notes presented | 10.5, 10.5p01, 10.5 TF, |
| 9/3/19 | Krzysztof | selected validation plots | 28336 |
| 9/3/19 | Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | none needed |
| Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | plots | |
| Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | plots | |
| Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | ||
| Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | increase 7% plots | |
| Rob | magnetic field transport | ||
| 1/27/20 | Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | |
| 1/27/20 | Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | |
| 1/27/20 | Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | |
| 1/27/20 | Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | |
| Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | ||
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| Yuri | CRV deadtime | ||
| 1/27/20 | Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | |
| Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM background | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon background | ||
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| Andrei | beam electron background | ||
| Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds |
v4_10_5_p01a try 1
Propose to move to this version 8/21/19. The dependencies should be the same as already on the head.
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| Krzysztof | release notes presented | ||
| 9/3/19 | Krzysztof | selected validation plots | 28336 |
| 9/3/19 | Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | none needed |
| 8/22/19 | Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | plots |
| 8/22/19 | Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | plots |
| Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | ||
| 8/22/19 | Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | Stops went from 17711 to 18493, a 4 sigma increase. |
| Rob | magnetic field transport | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | x | |
| Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | ||
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| Yuri | CRV deadtime | ||
| Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM background | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon background | ||
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| Andrei | beam electron background | ||
| Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds |
v4_10_5_p01
5/14/19 built and installed for testing (including comparing Offline and G4Beamline in target studies). SLF6 for qt was not in the build, only SLF7, so that is installed.
v4_10_4_p03
8/21/19 - this version may be not interacting KL in material as much as it should (Yuri Oksuzian, Krzysztof Genser)
Proposal, started 4/16/19, is to move from v4_10_4_p02a to v4_10_4p03.
Fast checks:
v4_10_4_p02
Proposal, started 9/26/18, is to move from v4_10_4 to v4_10_4_p02. Several bugs are fixed, but nothing that is known to be an issue for mu2e.
Closed out this checklist on 11/8/2018. Actually using v4_10_4_p02a ("a" adds e17 compiler), starting in v7_2_0.
To make a release with this change, edit setup.sh and change this line
export MU2E_G4_EXTRA_QUALIFIER=':+cl23'
setup -B geant4 v4_10_4 -q${MU2E_UPS_QUALIFIERS}${MU2E_G4_GRAPHICS_QUALIFIER}${MU2E_G4_MT_QUALIFIER}${MU2E_G4_EXTRA_QUALIFIER}
to
export MU2E_G4_EXTRA_QUALIFIER=
setup -B geant4 v4_10_4_p02 -q${MU2E_UPS_QUALIFIERS}${MU2E_G4_GRAPHICS_QUALIFIER}${MU2E_G4_MT_QUALIFIER}${MU2E_G4_EXTRA_QUALIFIER}
Memory and file size results from tests, 250K conversion electrons, 25K POT. The CPU result are from repeatedly running old and new version 20min jobs, with various seeds, on the same machine at the same time.
| Sample | CPU (s) | MEM (GB) | file size (MB) |
| old CE | 869 | 1.815 | 443 |
| new CE | 865 | 1.822 | 443 |
| old POT | 1238 | 1.735 | 1783 |
| new POT | 1254 | 1.724 | 1780 |
| Accept | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| 9/26/18 | Krzysztof | release notes presented | 20763 |
| 9/26/18 | Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | none needed |
| 9/27/18 | Ray | provide high-stats CE comparison | CE validation 21992 |
| 9/27/18 | Ray | provide high-stats POT comparison | POT validation 21992 |
| 9/27/18 | Ray/Krzysztof | provide CPU time and product sizes | see above, 21992 |
| 9/28/18 | Ray/Andrei | provide stopped muon rates and shape | stops 21992 |
| 11/8/18 | Rob | magnetic field transport | no comment, accepted by default |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 11/7/18 | Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 11/7/18 | Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 11/8/18 | Ralf | CRV light model | no comment, accepted by default |
| 11/7/18 | Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 11/7/18 | Yuri | CRV deadtime | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | |
| 11/8/18 | Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | no comment, accepted by default |
| 11/8/18 | Jim/Yaqian | STM background | no comment, accepted by default |
| 10/31/18 | Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Andrei | ExtMon background | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 11/8/18 | Ralf | cosmic background | no comment, accepted by default |
| 11/8/18 | Bob | p-bar background | no comment, accepted by default |
| 10/31/18 | Andrei | beam electron background | accept based on notes, generic validation |
| 10/31/18 | Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds | accept (by Dave LBL) |
v4_10_4
Started Mar 1, 2018, proposed update to v4_10_4 from v4_10_2_p03e. 3/21/18 - effort paused - now working on v4_10_4 EMZ. On 4/4/18, the decision was taken to restart this effort and delay EMZ, which is more complicated. In the comp/soft meeting on 4/18/18, we decided to make this version the new default.
To make a release with this change, edit setup.sh and change this line
setup -B geant4 v4_10_2_p03e -q${MU2E_UPS_QUALIFIERS}${MU2E_G4_GRAPHICS_QUALIFIER}
to
setup -B geant4 v4_10_4 -qcl23:${MU2E_UPS_QUALIFIERS}${MU2E_G4_GRAPHICS_QUALIFIER}
How to change the stepper to the new one requiring fewer field evaluations. This is off by default and is not part of this checklist.
physics.producers.g4run.physics.stepper : "G4DormandPrince745"
clhep 2.4.0.0 (not used in this checklist evaluation) will enable the switch from HepJamesRandom to MixMax random number engine (art sets the default)
Results from tests, 1M conversion electrons, 300K beam stage1
| Sample | CPU (s) | MEM (GB) | file size (MB) |
| old beam | 9351 | 1.611 | 6.290 |
| new beam | 8483 (-9%) | 1.715 (+6%) | 6.397(+2%) |
| old CE | 6795 | 1.742 | 918.396 |
| new CE | 6180 (-9%) | 1.804 (+4%) | 909.979(-1%) |
beam comparison
C.E. comparison
stopped muons
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| 3/14/18 | Krzysztof | release notes presented | available |
| 3/14/18 | Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | changes enabling new features done in February and March |
| 3/14/18 | Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | see links above and talk |
| 3/14/18 | Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | see links above and talk |
| 3/14/18 | Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | see above and talk |
| 3/14/18 | Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | see links above and talk |
| 4/5/18 | Rob | magnetic field transport | the checks done so far are adequate |
| 4/16/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | roughly 10% more tracker hits than in v4_10_2 talk |
| 4/16/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | |
| 4/16/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | |
| 4/16/18 | Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | A full radiation dose test takes weeks to perform. I validated that the tracker photon interactions are reasonable |
| 4/16/18 | Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | (email) I just looked at the various plots produced for v4_10_4, and they all look fine for the calorimeter. |
| 4/16/18 | Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | |
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| 4/19/18 | Yuri | CRV deadtime | I don’t think new version will make any impact on the CRV rates. |
| 4/16/18 | Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | Efficiency and quality are slightly degraded |
| 4/14/18 | Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | lead flourescence and brem bkg checked |
| 4/14/18 | Jim/Yaqian | STM background | lead flourescence and brem bkg checked |
| 4/10/18 | Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | Skip this time (the baseline has not been checked in years). This is feasible to do in the future. |
| 4/10/18 | Andrei | ExtMon background | Skip. A complete study would require very large amount of CPU and effort. Unlikely to be feasible for GEANT upgrade checks. A simpler proxy like e.g. neutron flux in the ExtMon room might be feasible. |
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| 4/10/18 | Andrei | beam electron background | Skip. May be feasible in the future. |
| 4/19/18 | Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds | It would require a dedicated run to do a "real" test. However, if I look at muon stops as a proxy for pion stops, then I see nothing here that makes me panic. |
v4_10_4 EMZ
Started Mar 21, 2018, proposed update to v4_10_4 EMZ from v4_10_2_p03e. At the code/soft meeting on 4/4/18, we decided to delay moving to EMZ since the very different file sizes caused complications with no obvious benefit. This will be considered at a later date, along with regional minRangeCut's.
How to trigger Mu2e specific electromagnetic option4 (_EMZ) with modified msc model transition energy (committed 3/16/18)
physics.producers.g4run.debug.diagLevel : 1 # the above is to see the ranges printed physics.producers.g4run.physics.modifyEMOption4 : true physics.producers.g4run.physics.physicsListName : "ShieldingM_EMZ"
How to change the stepper to the new one requiring fewer field evaluations (off, except where noted):
physics.producers.g4run.physics.stepper : "G4DormandPrince745"
clhep 2.4.0.0 (not used yet) will enable the switch from HepJamesRandom to MixMax random number engine (art sets the default)
Results from tests, 1M conversion electrons, 300K beam stage1
| Sample | CPU (s) | MEM (GB) | file size (MB) |
| old beam | 7325 | 1.76 | 630 |
| new beam | 7896(+8%) | 1.79(+2%) | 718(+13%) |
| old CE | 6844 | 1.75 | 92088 |
| new CE | 7099(+4%) | 1.84(+5%) | 187456(+100%) |
beam stage 1 comparison
CE comparison
stops
Why are conversion electron files so much larger:
arProductsizes:
old:
Size Size/Entry Fraction Data Product Name
505449709 50545.0 0.548 mu2e::SimParticlemv_g4run__ceSimReco.
240938209 24093.8 0.261 mu2e::StepPointMCs_g4run_calorimeter_ceSimReco.
30774582 3077.5 0.033 mu2e::CaloShowerSteps_CaloShowerStepFromStepPt_calorimeter_ceSimReco.
28011825 2801.2 0.030 mu2e::StepPointMCs_g4run_tracker_ceSimReco.
new:
Size Size/Entry Fraction Data Product Name
514208625 51420.9 0.277 mu2e::SimParticlemv_g4run__ceSimReco.
745787106 74578.7 0.402 mu2e::StepPointMCs_g4run_calorimeter_ceSimReco.
236050707 23605.1 0.127 mu2e::CaloShowerSteps_CaloShowerStepFromStepPt_calorimeter_ceSimReco.
181788056 18178.8 0.098 mu2e::StepPointMCs_g4run_tracker_ceSimReco.
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| 3/21/18 | Krzysztof | release notes presented | talk |
| 3/14/18 | Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | changes enabling new features done in February and March |
| Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | see links above | |
| Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | see links above | |
| Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | see above | |
| Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | see link above | |
| Rob | magnetic field transport | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | talk | |
| Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | 4/16/18 probably OK | |
| Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | 4/16/18 this needs more study | |
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| Yuri | CRV deadtime | ||
| Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | ||
| Jim | STM efficiency | ||
| Jim | STM background | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon background | ||
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| Andrei | beam electron background | ||
| Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds |
empty example table
| Sign off | Responsible | Topic | Notes |
| Krzysztof | release notes presented | ||
| Krzysztof | supporting code (new lists, options) | ||
| Ray | high-stats conversion electrons comparison | ||
| Ray | high-stats beam stage 1 comparison | ||
| Ray/Krzysztof | CPU time and product sizes | ||
| Ray/Andrei | stopped muon rates and shape | ||
| Rob | magnetic field transport | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker charge deposition/hit resolution | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker background hit rates | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker integrated charge | ||
| Dave (LBL) | tracker electronics radiation | ||
| Bertrand | calorimeter resolution | x | |
| Bertrand | calorimeter electronics radiation | ||
| Ralf | CRV light model | ||
| Yuri | neutron production rates and transport | ||
| Yuri | CRV deadtime | ||
| Dave (LBL) | conversion electron efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM efficiency | ||
| Jim/Yaqian | STM background | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon efficiency | ||
| Andrei | ExtMon background | ||
| Ralf | cosmic background | ||
| Bob | p-bar background | ||
| Andrei | beam electron background | ||
| Dave (Lou) | Pion backgrounds |