effective light speed in the plastic scintillator paddles units [ns] attenuation legth of paddle units [cm] TOF position resolution in the transvers direction of the paddle [cm] conversion of ADC to energy TDC resolution as in the MC units [ns] scintillation photon generated per MeV energy total internal reflection PMT surface in cm^2 adc resolution pC/count in MC TDC resolution in ns PMT gain factor in MC PMT quantum efficiency reflection efficiency of scintillation light timing resolution in the center of the paddle log10(0.2ns) half the length of a TOF paddle in cm half the length of a TOF paddle in cm with of a TOF paddle in cm Energy threshold in GeV Timing resolution in [ns] two hit resolution in tof [ns] threshold applied to deposited energy in MC maximum merged hits per paddle maximum total hits per paddle