55# Configurations offered:
66#
77# * `PMTsimulationAlg` algorithm:
8- # * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard`: main configuration, expected to be
8+ # * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard_run2`: main configuration for Run1/2, expected to be
9+ # used in production and by the general user
10+ # * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard_run3`: main configuration for Run3/4/5+, expected to be
911# used in production and by the general user
1012# * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_202202`: a general use configuration,
1113# including dark and electronics noise; `noise` and `nonoise` variants
1214# (the latter with dark and electronics noise disabled)
1315# * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_2018`: legacy configuration (until June 2022),
1416# including dark and electronics noise; `noise` and `nonoise` variants
1517# (the latter with dark and electronics noise disabled)
18+ # * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025`: run1/2 configuration (developed in 2025),
19+ # including noise, new response function and gain tune.
20+ # * `icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run3_2025`: run3/4/5+ configuration (developed in 2025),
21+ # including noise, new response function and gain tune.
1622#
1723# Usage:
1824#
3541# introduced configuration for SPR 202202
3642# 20240125 (petrillo@slac.stanford.edu)
3743# introduced experimental setting PMT gain to 7.5 x 10^6 (and q.e. elsewhere)
38- # 202510XX (mvicenzi@bnl.gov)
44+ # 20251111 (mvicenzi@bnl.gov)
3945# introduced configuration for new Run2 SPR (SPRisolHitRun9271)
46+ # introduced configuration for new Run3 SPR (SPRisolHitRun12715)
4047
4148#include "opticalproperties_icarus.fcl"
4249
@@ -95,11 +102,28 @@ icarus_settings_opdet_run2_2025: {
95102
96103} # icarus_settings_opdet_run2_2025
97104
105+ # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
106+ # the following is based on `icarus_settings_opdet_2022` rescaling it to gain
107+ # 7.0x10^6; this is an empirical choice to reconciliate the single PE region in Run3/4
108+ # NoiseRMS is also reduced to 2.6 ADC; see e.g. SBN DocDB 41115
109+ icarus_settings_opdet_run3_2025: {
110+
111+ @table::icarus_settings_opdet_2022
112+
113+ nominalPMTgain: 7.0e6 # PMT multiplication gain factor
114+
115+ NoiseRMS: 2.6 # in ADC#
116+
117+ } # icarus_settings_opdet_run3_2025
118+
98119
99120# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
100121# settings used in the standard configurations:
122+
101123icarus_settings_opdet: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run2_2025
102124
125+ icarus_settings_opdet_run2: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run2_2025
126+ icarus_settings_opdet_run3: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run3_2025
103127
104128
105129### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
@@ -156,7 +180,7 @@ icarus_photoelectronresponse_exponentials: {
156180 TransitTime: "55.1 ns"
157181 RaiseTimeConstant: "1.8 ns"
158182 FallTimeConstant: "4.2 ns"
159- Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet .nominalPMTgain # Gain = 7.0e6 => PeakCurrent: -0.14144 mA
183+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_2022 .nominalPMTgain # Gain = 7.0e6 => PeakCurrent: -0.14144 mA
160184 ADC: 409.6 # ADC / mA
161185
162186} # icarus_photoelectronresponse_exponentials
@@ -172,7 +196,7 @@ icarus_photoelectronresponse_202202: {
172196
173197 WaveformData: "Responses/SPR202202.txt"
174198 TransitTime: "55.1 ns"
175- Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet .nominalPMTgain
199+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_2022 .nominalPMTgain
176200
177201} # icarus_photoelectronresponse_202202
178202
@@ -187,11 +211,26 @@ icarus_photoelectronresponse_run2_2025: {
187211
188212 WaveformData: "Responses/SPRisolHitRun9271_MV.txt"
189213 TransitTime: "55.1 ns"
190- Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet .nominalPMTgain
214+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run2 .nominalPMTgain
191215
192216} # icarus_photoelectronresponse_run2_2025
193217
194218
219+ #
220+ # Single photoelectron response from single-PE data.
221+ # This is valid for Run3/4/5+ cables.
222+ #
223+ icarus_photoelectronresponse_run3_2025: {
224+
225+ tool_type: SampledWaveformFunctionTool
226+
227+ WaveformData: "Responses/SPRisolHitRun12715_MV.txt"
228+ TransitTime: "55.1 ns"
229+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run3.nominalPMTgain
230+
231+ } # icarus_photoelectronresponse_run3_2025
232+
233+
195234#
196235# Custom photoelectron response.
197236#
@@ -221,7 +260,9 @@ icarus_photoelectronresponse_customexample: {
221260#
222261# pick one
223262#
224- icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_run2_2025
263+
264+ icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard_run2: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_run2_2025
265+ icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard_run3: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_run3_2025
225266
226267
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@@ -318,7 +359,7 @@ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_202202_noise: {
318359
319360 Pedestal: @local::icarus_pmt_pedestal_standard
320361
321- SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard
362+ SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_202202
322363
323364 DarkNoiseRate: "1.6 kHz" # per channel, from CERN test stand measurement
324365
@@ -404,6 +445,8 @@ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025: {
404445
405446 @table::icarus_pmtsimulationalg_202202_noise
406447
448+ SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard_run2
449+
407450 # Apply timing delays (cables, transit time, ..) to the simulated photons
408451 # These delays are extracted from the calibration database
409452 ApplyTimingDelays: true
@@ -415,12 +458,42 @@ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025: {
415458 PMTspecs: {
416459 DynodeK: 0.75 # gain on a PMT multiplication stage
417460 VoltageDistribution: [ 3.0, 3.4, 5.0, 3.33, 1.67, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.0 ]
418- Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet .nominalPMTgain # total PMT gain
461+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run2 .nominalPMTgain # total PMT gain
419462 }
420463
421464} # icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025
422465
423466
467+ ### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
468+ ### Configuration Run3-2025:
469+ ### * explicitly based on the configuration "2022" above
470+ ### * gain adapted to reconciliate signal integral and amplitude in SPE region
471+ ### * gain updated to 7.0 x 10^6
472+ ### * threshold for digitization scaled down
473+ ###
474+
475+ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run3_2025: {
476+
477+ @table::icarus_pmtsimulationalg_202202_noise
478+
479+ SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard_run3
480+
481+ # Apply timing delays (cables, transit time, ..) to the simulated photons
482+ # These delays are extracted from the calibration database
483+ ApplyTimingDelays: true
484+
485+ # Threshold in ADC counts for a PMT self-trigger
486+ ThresholdADC: 15 # ADC counts
487+
488+ # arranged ad hoc to get ~40% Poisson fluctuation on gain (effectively: 40.8%)
489+ PMTspecs: {
490+ DynodeK: 0.75 # gain on a PMT multiplication stage
491+ VoltageDistribution: [ 3.0, 3.4, 5.0, 3.33, 1.67, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.0 ]
492+ Gain: @local::icarus_settings_opdet_run3.nominalPMTgain # total PMT gain
493+ }
494+
495+ } # icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run3_2025
496+
424497# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
425498###
426499### Legacy configuration, pre-2022
@@ -435,7 +508,7 @@ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_2018: {
435508 }
436509 } # Pedestal
437510
438- SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_standard
511+ SinglePhotonResponse: @local::icarus_photoelectronresponse_202202
439512
440513 DarkNoiseRate: "1.6 kHz" # from CERN test stand measurement
441514
@@ -498,7 +571,8 @@ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_2018_nonoise: {
498571#
499572# Includes noise.
500573#
501- icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard: @local::icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025
574+ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard_run2: @local::icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run2_2025
575+ icarus_pmtsimulationalg_standard_run3: @local::icarus_pmtsimulationalg_run3_2025
502576
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