Cross Section Study for Beam Gas Curtain

During this Summer Student project, postprocessing was done on images from the novel Beam Gas Curtain (BGC) instrument, a new instrument to be used in the High-Luminosity LHC for beam profile measurements. The aim of the study was to use the photon counting method to study the cross section of the beam. This method proved useful in determining beam dimensions, and the evolution of background and ROI photons was determined for multiple fills. A new analysis framework, including a new photon counting algorithm was made to improve future analysis.