diff --git a/notes/sections/3.md b/notes/sections/3.md index c752526..1a74ffe 100644 --- a/notes/sections/3.md +++ b/notes/sections/3.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ## Meson decay events generation A number of $N = 50000$ points on the unit sphere, each representing a -particle detection event, must be generated according to then angular +particle detection event, is to be generated according to then angular probability distribution function $F$: \begin{align*} F (\theta, \phi) = &\frac{3}{4 \pi} \Bigg[ @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ a single point, the effect of this omission is negligible. ## Parameters estimation -The sample must now be used to estimate the parameters $\alpha$, $\beta$ and +The sample is now used to estimate the parameters $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ of the angular distribution $F$. The correct set will be referred to as {$\alpha_0$, $\beta_0$, $\gamma_0$}. diff --git a/notes/sections/5.md b/notes/sections/5.md index cba8c15..27d78d4 100644 --- a/notes/sections/5.md +++ b/notes/sections/5.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Exercise 5 -The following integral must be evaluated comparing different Monte Carlo +The following integral is to be evaluated comparing different Monte Carlo techniques. \begin{figure} @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ being implemented in the GSL libraries `gsl_monte_plain`, `gsl_monte_miser` and ## Plain Monte Carlo When an integral $I$ over a $n-$dimensional space $\Omega$ of volume $V$ of a -function $f$ must be evaluated, that is: +function $f$ has to be evaluated, that is: $$ I = \int\limits_{\Omega} dx \, f(x) \with V = \int\limits_{\Omega} dx @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $$ $$ if an error of $\sim 1^{-n}$ is required, a number $\propto 10^{2n}$ of -function calls must be executed, meaning that for $\sigma \sim 1^{-10} +function calls should be executed, meaning that for $\sigma \sim 1^{-10} \rightarrow C = \SI{1e20}{}$, which would be impractical. @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ probability distribution $f$ itself, so that the points cluster in the regions that make the largest contribution to the integral. Remind that $I = V \cdot \langle f \rangle$ and therefore only $\langle f -\rangle$ must be estimated. Consider a sample of $n$ points {$x_i$} generated +\rangle$ is to be estimated. Consider a sample of $n$ points {$x_i$} generated according to a probability distribution function $P$ which gives thereby the following expected value: $$ diff --git a/notes/sections/6.md b/notes/sections/6.md index 27561c3..d707c67 100644 --- a/notes/sections/6.md +++ b/notes/sections/6.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ## Generating points according to Fraunhöfer diffraction -The diffraction of a plane wave thorough a round slit must be simulated by +The diffraction of a plane wave through a round slit must be simulated by generating $N =$ 50'000 points according to the intensity distribution $I(\theta)$ on a screen at a great distance $L$ from the slit itself: @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ stored. This works for all lengths: when the length is even, the middle value is real. Thus, only $n$ real numbers are required to store the half-complex sequence (half for the real part and half for the imaginary). If the bin width is $\Delta \theta$, then the DFT domain ranges from $-1 / (2 -\Delta \theta)$ to $+1 / (2 \Delta \theta$). The GSL functions aforementioned +\Delta \theta)$ to $+1 / (2 \Delta \theta$). The aforementioned GSL functions store the positive values from the beginning of the array up to the middle and the negative backwards from the end of the array (see @fig:reorder). @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ shown in [@fig:results1; @fig:results2; @fig:results3]. ## Unfolding with Richardson-Lucy -The Richardson–Lucy (RL) deconvolution is an iterative procedure usually used +The Richardson–Lucy (RL) deconvolution is an iterative procedure tipically used for recovering an image that has been blurred by a known point spread function. It is based on the fact that an ideal point source does not appear as a point @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ width of the original histogram, which is the one previously introduced in histogram deconvolved with the FFT method is in the middle and the one deconvolved with RL is located below. -As can be seen, increasig the value of $\sigma$ implies a stronger smoothing of +As can be seen, increasing the value of $\sigma$ implies a stronger smoothing of the curve. The FFT deconvolution process seems not to be affected by $\sigma$ amplitude changes: it always gives the same outcome, which is exactly the original signal. In fact, the FFT is the analitical result of the deconvolution. @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ convolved is less smooth, it is less smooth too. The original signal is shown below for convenience. -![Example of an intensity histogram.](images/fraun-original.pdf){#fig:original} +![Example of an intensity histogram.](images/fraun-original.pdf)