Changing compression mode for ITk digitization in SCT_FrontEnd (ATLITKSW-122)
Investigating the increase in the number of SSS seeds in 21.9 wrt 20.20, we ended up noticing a related increase in the number of SCT RDOs (and clusters). Comparing the configuration of the digitization tools in 21.9 against 20.20 I noticed the usage of a different compression mode. I switched to the same used in 20.20 and the number of SCT RDOs drops, giving a reduction of ~60% in the number of SSS seeds:
Before MR:
| Kind of seed | PPP | PPS | PSS | SSS | ALL |
| Input seeds | 267188 | 0 | 0 | 148611 | 415799 |
After MR:
| Kind of seed | PPP | PPS | PSS | SSS | ALL |
| Input seeds | 267188 | 0 | 0 | 57070 | 324258 |
This also provides a reduction in the track finding execution time:
Before MR:
InDetSiSpTrackFinderSLHC:Execute INFO Time User : Tot= 81.6 [s] Ave/Min/Max= 8.16(+- 2.45)/ 4.77/ 13.3 [s] #= 10
After MR:
InDetSiSpTrackFinderSLHC:Execute INFO Time User : Tot= 47 [s] Ave/Min/Max= 4.7(+- 1.38)/ 2.92/ 7.59 [s] #= 10
Changes are minimal in the efficiency.
Edited by Noemi Calace