 Wed Aug 2 12:49:57 2023, Dylan Wells, Line of Best-Fit Straightened Sides Antenna 
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Previously, we have tried to straighten the sides of the best-evolved curved antenna in elog
229. However, there were potential issues with how closely this line resembled the curve of the antenna.
So, I attempted to create another straightened sides antenna using a linear regression model to find the best fitting line for the curve to create |
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Mon Oct 7 15:35:01 2024, Dylan Wells, Template Run Results Slide Deck
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Copy this slide deck to use when presenting on run updates!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Tk-B1QbFTP_5pQZovfn0_wbTswZTmOrJURpi374xJWo/edit?usp=sharing |
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Sun Oct 20 13:11:09 2024, Dylan Wells, OSU Physics Scholarship Opportunities
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Here are some scholarships available to physics majors I've been lucky enough to receive throughout undergrad that allowed me to work on this project
unpaid without needing supplemental income from a separate job or loans.
1. OSU |
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Sun Mar 29 08:55:02 2026, Dylan Wells, Guide to Updating pueoSim
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How To Update PueoSim For GENETIS:
First, whoever updates pueoSim needs access to pueoBuilder, pueoSim, and niceMC on GitHub (ask Will for permissions). |
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Sat Apr 4 11:04:28 2026, Dylan Wells, Matching Circuits Slides
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Slides contatining my notes on matching circuits.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x25nhiqaW7LvPZ1pNZ5O4ZzsWZbtgqxBQ5haB9uWgQY/edit?usp=sharing |
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Mon Apr 6 03:03:14 2026, Dylan Wells, Instructions for Running IceMC
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Running IceMC:
Go into the directory ../anitaBuildTool/build/components/icemc/ |
 Sat Apr 18 02:21:30 2026, Dylan Wells, Template Run Results Slide Deck
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Quote:
Copy this slide deck to use when presenting on run updates! |
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Mon Feb 20 12:33:20 2023, Dennis H. Calderon, AraSim Simulations for Top 5 Antennas (12/2022) with Higher Stats
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AraSim Simulations for Top 5 Antennas from 12/2022 Run with 3 million simulated events
Simulated using Arasim version currently used in GENETIS Loop
/fs/ess/PAS1960/BiconeEvolutionOSC/AraSim/ |
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Tue Jun 28 12:49:53 2022, Dennis Calderon, Effective Volumes from AraSim: Curved Sides and Straight Sides (Paper Run)
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Summary of results for 3million event simulations in AraSim with both GENETIS version and more recent {~11/2021) version.
Using errors for effective volume from the .out files.
Example shown below. |
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Fri Aug 5 09:59:07 2022, Dennis Calderon, Updated Effective Volumes and Errors (Paper Run and Curved Sides)
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Update to previous ELOG post for Effective Volumes and Errors for AraSim simulations for antennas from Paper_Run and Curved_Sides.
AraSim version compiled ~11/2021 and the (old) GENETIS version
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Thu Nov 7 16:55:00 2019, Cade Sbrocco, Archiving Old Genetis Manual
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Mon Mar 6 23:25:12 2023, Bryan Reynolds, Retroactive AREA update: December 26, 2022 AREA run- No linear freq. dependence test
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The following is a run summary of the AREA test without the linear frequency dependence on the gain, with the frequency fixed (i.e. the same gain pattern
is produced for all frequencies). This run was a preliminary test of the AREA algorithm after fixing long-standing errors in the algorithm and finding
that the initial constaints implemented did not work with the frequency dependence on gain. Results from this run did show a "proof-of-concept" |
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Tue Mar 7 00:06:57 2023, Bryan Reynolds, Retroactive AREA update: January 18, 2022 AREA run- No linear freq. dependence test w/ increased NPop
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The following is a run summary of an AREA test using 100 individuals per generation, without the linear frequency dependence on the
gain, with the frequency fixed (i.e. the same gain pattern is produced for all frequencies). This run was a preliminary test of the AREA algorithm with
a larger NPop (100 individuals per generation) after seeing promising results in the previous test that only used 20 individuals per generation. The percentages |
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Tue Apr 11 00:36:49 2023, Bryan Reynolds, AREA physics of results plot first look
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After some work, I've gotten the physics of results plotting script provided by Dennis working to compare the ARASim outputs from an AREA run to
a set of reference data for the ARA bicone (provided by Alex). Among the outputs is a histogram of of events triggered vs cos(theta_nu) (attached here).
This is the plot that was previously presented in GENETIS talks in the physics of results discussion. |
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Tue Jan 31 11:30:54 2023, Audrey Zinn, Building
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Attached are the XF files for the top 5 individuals from the 2022_12_29 crazy sides run. In order from best to 5th best:
1: Gen 29 Indiv 87
2: Gen 19 Indiv 96 |
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Thu Jul 2 23:13:05 2020, Amy , A useful reference on bicone antennas
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I found this datasheet on bicone antennas, that is a useful reference for seeing the relationship between bicone dimensions and bandwidth. From
these it looks like the lower end of the band is at about f_low=c/(4*L_E), where L_E is the entire length of the antenna (twice the length of one cone),
although we'd expect the peak gain to be where a quarter wavelength is just one of the cones (and the figure may roughly support that). |
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Thu Aug 18 10:32:17 2022, Amy, reading about HPol antennas
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Here are some reading materials about HPol antennas:
This paper discusses some initial HPol designs that were tested in a prototype station of ARA.
We went with the slotted cylinder design. |
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Mon Mar 20 12:37:38 2023, Amy, ANITA/PUEO pictures
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Here are some ANITA/PUEO pictures that I received from Christian Mike that might be helpful. I include his descriptions as well.
The one with the black crates in the background is the ANITA 1 and ANITA 2 form factor and the one in the anechoic chamber is the ANITA
3 and ANITA 4 form factor. I dimensioned out an ANITA 3/4 antenna, in CAD space, to give you a better idea of the ridge profile. The ANITA 1/2 CAD models |
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Mon Mar 20 13:35:25 2023, Amy, info on format for PUEO antenna files
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William Luszczak 1:30 PM
This is the directory with the current PUEO antenna data files: https://github.com/PUEOCollaboration/pueoSim/tree/main/data/antennas. Each type of antenna will need several files: |
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Mon May 22 20:34:59 2023, Amy, Things to do before starting new PUEO run from 5/22/23 meeting
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Here is a list of things we agreed to do before starting a new PUEO run. Feel free to add notes here as things are done and we will revisit the
list next week.
Change range of the height variable to 0.75-1.75m |