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- **PID performance (dE/dx shifts, peak broadening)**
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### Occupancy estimators
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Occupancy can be estimated using:
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- the number of ITS tracks from other collisions in a time window around a given event. In the analysis it can be retrieved as:
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A single-value "integrated" occupancy estimator for a given collision can be calculated by summing
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- the number of ITS tracks from other collisions within a defined time window around the given event. In the analysis, it can be accessed as:
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``` c++
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int occupancyByTracks = col.trackOccupancyInTimeRange(); // range is from 0 up to ~15k
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int occupancyByTracks = col.trackOccupancyInTimeRange(); // range: from 0 up to ~15k
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- the alternative occupancy estimator is the summed FT0C amplitude from other collisions:
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- alternatively, we can sum up FT0C amplitudes from other collisions:
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``` c++
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float occupancyByFT0C = col.ft0cOccupancyInTimeRange(); // range is from 0 up to ~150k
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float occupancyByFT0C = col.ft0cOccupancyInTimeRange(); // range: from 0 up to ~150k
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```
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- In the occupancy calculation, multiplicities of nearby collisions are "weighted" according to their time separation from a collision-of-interest.
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Both occupancy estimators are calculated per event in [EventSelectionModule.h](https://github.com/AliceO2Group/O2Physics/blob/daily-20251029-0000/Common/Tools/EventSelectionModule.h#L1361).
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- Estimators return the value of -1 if a collision is close to Time Frame borders (so, not enough information for the occupancy calculation; we need information -40 µs...+100 µs time range wrt a given collision).
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Notes:
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- Both occupancy estimators are calculated per each collision in the event selection routine, [EventSelectionModule.h](https://github.com/AliceO2Group/O2Physics/blob/daily-20251029-0000/Common/Tools/EventSelectionModule.h#L1361).
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- In the occupancy calculation, multiplicities of nearby collisions are "weighted" according to their time separation from a collision-of-interest.
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- Estimators return the value of `-1` if a given collision is close to Time Frame borders (so, not enough information for the occupancy calculation, while we need information within -40 µs...+100 µs time range wrt a given collision).
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### Occupancy selection bits
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In addition to the occupancy estimators described above, several additional event selection bits are implemented for a better cleanup of various nearby effects from other collisions (related not only to the TPC, but also to the ITS, e.g. to high occupancies in the ITS Readout Frames).
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The following table summarizes the event selection bits used to mitigate occupancy effects in ALICE Run 3.
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