Using the ToF data

* The ToF data are stored in the AOD containers

#include <xAODForward/AFPToFHitContainer.h>
#include <xAODForward/AFPToFHit.h>

The ToF hit information is retrieved as:

const xAOD::AFPToFHitContainer* afpToFHitContainer = 0;
ANA_CHECK(evtStore()->retrieve( afpToFHitContainer, "AFPToFHitContainer") );
for (const xAOD::AFPToFHit* tofhit : *afpToFHitContainer) {
      int   station = tofhit->stationID();
      float time    = tofhit->time();
      int   train   = tofhit->trainID();
      float length  = tofhit->pulseLength();
      int   hptdcid = tofhit->hptdcID();
      bool  isA     = tofhit->isSideA();
      bool  isC     = tofhit->isSideC();
      int channel = mapToFChan(tofhit->hptdcID(), tofhit->hptdcChannel());
      int bar=channel%m_nBarsPerTrain;

     // ... some code of yours here
}

where

const int m_nBarsPerTrain = 4;

and the mapToFchan function is implemented as (functional in Run 2, I do know how about Run 3):

int mapToFChan(int hptdcID, int hptdcChannel){
    if(hptdcID==1) {
        if     (hptdcChannel==0) return 0;
        else if(hptdcChannel==2) return 6;
        else if(hptdcChannel==3) return 3;
        else if(hptdcChannel==5) return 5;
        else if(hptdcChannel==6) return 2;
        else if(hptdcChannel==8) return 4;
        else if(hptdcChannel==9) return 1;
        else if(hptdcChannel==11) return 7;
        else return 16;
    } else if (hptdcID==2){
        if     (hptdcChannel==0) return 8;
        else if(hptdcChannel==2) return 14;
        else if(hptdcChannel==3) return 11;
        else if(hptdcChannel==5) return 13;
        else if(hptdcChannel==6) return 10;
        else if(hptdcChannel==8) return 12;
        else if(hptdcChannel==9) return 9;
        else if(hptdcChannel==11) return 15;
        else return 16;
    } else return 16;
}

The time stored in AOD is in nanoseconds although it is an uncalibrated HPTDC output (raw time). Check the implementation in

float xAOD::AFPToFHit_v1::time(   ) const

The raw time in terms of one of the 1024 a HPTDC bin numbers (0 .. 1023) is translated to nanoseconds as time [ns] = rawbin * (25 [ns] / 1024). The 25 ns is 1 / 40 MHz LHC interval. This means if you want the HPTDC time bin number you need to do rawbin = time [ns] / (25 [ns] / 1024)

-- KarelCerny - 2022-08-10