Workflow: Optical throughput measurements via muon ring analysis

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Upon receiving a new DL0 data product (from either Monte Carlo simulations or observations), DPPS triggers the CalibPipe (ctapipe-process) to process the data using ctapipe, extracting the signal charges and reconstructing muon parameters. The second step involves using the CalibPipe tool to estimate the telescope’s optical throughput using a predefined number of muon events.

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Inputs

ID Type Title Doc
log-level String (Optional)

Log level for the process. Default is INFO.

dl0_input_data File[] DL0 file with pre-tagged muon events

DL0 data/simulation with pre-tagged muon events for optical throughput measurements.

process_config File[] Muon image process

Configuration file for Muon image process.

merge_dl1_config File Merge DL1 config

Configuration file for merging DL1 images files.

throughput_muon_config File Muon optical throughput calculator config

Configuration file for Muon optical throughput calibration

Steps

ID Runs Label Doc
merge_muon_image
ctapipe-merge-tool.cwl (CommandLineTool)
Merge Monitoring Files

Merge multiple monitoring HDF5 files into a single output file using ctapipe-merge.

process_muon_image
ctapipe-process-tool.cwl (CommandLineTool)
Process Tool

The ctapipe-process tool is a command line tool that processes DL0 data and produces DL1 data. It is part of the ctapipe software package and is used to process data from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO).

calculate_throughput
calibpipe-throughput-muon-tool.cwl (CommandLineTool)
Muon Throughput Calibration Tool

The calibpipe-calculate-throughput-muon is a command line tool that calculates the optical throughput via muon rings analysis. It is part of the calibpipe software package and is used to process data from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO).

Outputs

ID Type Label Doc
dl1_muon_throughput_data File DL1 with optical throughput

Aggregated muon statistics (observation or simulation) for optical throughput estimation.

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