I've been building in XF and have ran into some issues but currently have the following completed:

- Struts are placed, though they are not evenly spaced and the same. I have contacted XF to try and figure out how to get rotation/patterns to do what we need

- Circuit components and circuit board are in the xf file, though the components are not on the circuit board (I'm not totally sure how to put them on, that's the next step). The circuit components should be of spec, I looked up the part numbers from the previous ELOG post and grabbed the values from the manufacturer.

Here are the things that have not been completed/need answered:

- How to evenly space the struts connecting the shape (as stated previously, I've contacted XF to figure out how to do this easily. Im just bad at modeling in XF)

- Add circuit components to circuit board

- Add voltage and ground connections to the circuit board

- On the circuit diagram, figure out J1 and J2 connections. Meaning, which one connects to the signal from the cable and which connects to the other cone that is used as ground?

To see current antenna build go to: " /users/PAS1977/jacobweiler/GENETIS/XFzone/straightened_antenna_for_Jack.xf "

Attached are pictures in case there are issues pulling up model in XF. :)

# AraSim CSE Spring 2024 Work

## Goals 
The main goal was to get a working multithreaded version of the AraSim codebase working. Doing this, the hope was to learn how to multithread the code and get it in a good place to hopefully also integrate GPU's at a later date.

## Where is it at currently? 
A bulk of the work done was to functionalize the Connect_Interaction_Detector_V2 to allow for multithreading and to cleanup codebase. 

### Going through code added/changed
Helper functions for multiple parts of code. They went through and split it up into multiple parts. Putting line numbers when needed

Part 1: Clearning Antenna Data
Part 2: Determine gain channel
Part 3: solve ray tracing (Not Done)
Part 4: Process Ray Tracing Solution (Not Done)
Part 5: Calculate Signal Factors (Not Done)
Part 6: Calculate Antenna Gain Factors (Not Done)
Part 7: Process Frequency Domain Signal
Part 8A: Process Neutrino Events. Lines 908 - 1208 (Not Done)
Part 8B: Process Arbitrary Events. Lines 1209 - 1475 
Part 8C: Process Simple Pulser Simulation. Lines 1478 - 1747 (Not Done)
Part 8D: Process PVA Pulser Simulation. Lines 1751 - 2110 (Not Done)
Part 8E: Process Calpulser Event. Lines 2113 - 2445
Part 9A: Process Noise. Lines 2593 - 2955
Part 9B: Process Trigger and Mimic Waveforms. Lines 2994 - 3624

## What still needs to be done? 
- Multithreading still isn't working, multiple threads are writing data to the same place causing the program to crash. This need to be resolved to at least have a working prototype. 

- I believe for multithreading we need to mark explicitly where file/data writing is happening to be able to adjust to make thread-safe

- Double checking that new functions are passing variables in the correct way. The CSE students had this has a slight fear. 

- Some helper functions are still not completed (3-6, 8A, 8C, 8D) 

- Current completed parts of code are all in separate branches and need to be merged after double checking that variable passing is correct

We are almost to where we can start the physical building of the antenna! 

I've attached all the information I currently have regarding the building project. Some of it is messy work notes and some is well-structured.

I’ve attached the following files for the GENETIS building project:

• Building Dump.txt 
  • My working notes that I used while trying to simulate the antenna in XFdtd (very messy) 
• Building Dump of Useful Materials.txt
  • List of materials that I found regarding the building project like slides, elogs, etc.
• Simulating Building Model.txt
  • A writeup I made describing my process for simulating the antenna in XFdtd 
• Done with change materials.zip
  • Solidworks model of antenna

I also made a slide deck that contains the directory locations + has graphs HERE.

Input File Format for pueoSim (Also ICEMC)

Frequency Range: From 200 MHz to 1500 MHz incrementing by 10 MHz steps

There are 8 different files that are required for pueoSim. They are:

vv_0: Max Gain at each Frequency, Vertical Polarization

hh_0: Max Gain at each Frequency, Horizontal Polarization

vh_0: Max Gain at each Frequency, Vertical to Horizontal Polarization

hv_0: Max Gain at each Frequency, Horizontal to Vertical Polarization

vv_el: Gain at Theta Angles [5, 10, 20, 30, 45, 90] for each Frequency, Vertical Polarization

vv_az: Gain at Phi Angles [5, 10, 20, 30, 45, 90] for each Frequency, Vertical Polarization

hh_el: Gain at Theta Angles [5, 10, 20, 30, 45, 90] for each Frequency, Horizontal Polarization

hh_az: Gain at Phi Angles [5, 10, 20, 30, 45, 90] for each Frequency, Horizontal Polarization

Currently XF doesn't output all the information we need to create all these files. The only files able to be made from current XF outputs are vv_0, vv_el, and vv_az. Once we have the correct XF Outputs, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to fix the current translation code.

Format for each of the files are the same. One column is Frequency (Hz) and the other is Gain. Attached are example files vv_0 and vv_el to visually see the format, though the frequency range is the current ARA range and not the final PUEO range as I am using ARA data to make these files. The files are named vv_0 (no .txt or .csv or any extension) and vv_el

Link to Google Doc with this information: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iRUF6hIEyQfMK0LL21caRuHPgXYP30ZdkSkFv_-Y8R0/edit

I've completed laying out the PCB for the 14-rung matching circuit. Attached are png files of two PCB designs. One uses LPS5050 inductors while the other uses LPS6235 inductors. The dimensions shown are in millimeters. 

Physics plots were created for 300K events from the higher statistic simulation results for the 9_50, 13_84, 18_89, 19_96, and 29_87 antennae. 

The simulation was inaccurate because a discrepancy exists between the higher simulation physics plots and the physics plots created for the 300K event results currently in the GENETIS Loop. This can be seen in the attached pdf file. 

The simulation may have been inaccurate due to incorrect gain files. 

The higher statistic simulations must be rerun for the 9_50, 13_84, 18_89, 19_96, and 29_87 antennae.

Attached is a pdf of physics plots generated for the 9_50, 13_84, 18_89, 19_96, and 29_87 crazy sides individuals along with another containing information on the amount of triggered events and effective volumes for each individual. The crazy sides individuals were simulated for 3 million events using the same Arasim version as is currently in the loop.

After discretizing and straightening the sides of the curved antenna that performed the best (Generation 13, individual 84) and running the antenna through AraSim, the following results and physics plots were generated. 

Attached are images of the matching circuit schematic and PCB design. A parts list is also attached in .pdf and .csv format. The .csv format can be imported into Digikey if necessary.  

Table of component values:

Machtay_20200831_Asym_Length_and_Angle    10 individuals
Machtay_20200911_Symmetric                             10 individuals, fewer neutrinos
Machtay_20200914_Asymmetric_50_Individuals  50 individuals, fewer neutrinos
Machtay_20200929_Asymmetric_test_2               50 individuals, fewer neutrinos, broaden parameter range