This is a summary of the analysis of energy deposited per particle at midrapidity. In this study only tracks with nhits > 0 are considered (TH - all tracks, PH - primaries). In addition only tracks with -2 <= eta < 2 are accepted and only those which hit Octagon sensors.

Multiplicities of particles, selected according to the above requirements are listed in Table I (TH tracks) and in Table II (PH tracks).

**Table I. Multiplicities of TH tracks**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive	576.28	394.10	34.15	51.39	80.91	15.73
Hijing semi-central	1632.18	1114.32	100.85	145.20	227.91	43.90
Hijing central	2599.41	1785.30	164.21	230.86	350.74	68.30
Hijing plasma 15%	2653.46	1870.50	161.69	220.73	335.51	65.03
Hijing plasma 30%	2732.87	1973.67	160.84	217.10	321.07	60.19
Hijing HBT	2595.04	1775.92	164.59	231.47	353.98	69.08
Venus central	5562.50	3859.12	509.22	412.52	658.97	122.67

**Table II. Multiplicities of PH tracks**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive	433.14	369.24	33.90	24.20	5.76	0.04
Hijing semi-central	1231.25	1044.55	99.82	69.24	17.44	0.20
Hijing central	1982.69	1678.25	163.04	115.42	25.66	0.32
Hijing plasma 15%	2067.87	1767.26	160.29	113.47	25.56	0.29
Hijing plasma 30%	2174.23	1873.70	159.50	115.27	25.49	0.27
Hijing HBT	1972.00	1667.48	163.15	115.39	25.66	0.32
Venus central	4441.20	3663.93	506.33	218.18	52.68	0.08

The next Tables contain values of the average energy deposited per hit per particle, <Edep>. The energy deposited was corrected for the angle of incidence and the following 'truncation' was adopted: A. if(Edep > 1000 keV) Edep = 1000 keV.

**Table III. <Edep> per hit per TH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive	182.53	123.7	167.6	454.6	193.6	743.4
Hijing semi-central	182.63	124.2	168.2	453.9	194.7	739.2
Hijing central	180.58	124.2	164.4	444.4	192.5	741.9
Hijing plasma 15%	176.17	123.7	167.5	441.0	189.6	738.7
Hijing plasma 30%	171.18	123.4	166.1	433.4	187.4	719.4
Hijing HBT	181.70	124.7	164.2	447.6	192.6	743.0
Venus central	172.38	125.8	172.8	431.4	187.4	683.0

**Table IV. <Edep> per hit per PH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive	128.3	119.6	166.2	211.1	112.1	105.1
Hijing semi-central	129.6	120.4	167.5	218.4	113.2	154.3
Hijing central	129.7	120.6	163.7	217.8	115.0	98.8
Hijing plasma 15%	128.9	120.1	166.5	216.4	116.9	113.7
Hijing plasma 30%	128.4	119.8	165.1	219.3	115.3	109.1
Hijing HBT	129.9	120.8	163.1	217.4	115.3	135.2
Venus central	131.9	122.3	172.2	204.1	115.7	101.8

There are differences (Table III) in <Edep> up to about 5% as compared to central Hijing events, and also ratios of TH/PH (see Table I and II) differ up
to about 5%. For 'plasma 30%' and central Venus both these effects would cause underestimation of the multiplicity by about 9% (~5% for 'plasma 15%') if reconstructed with the parameters derived from central Hijing events.

<Edep> obviously is very sensitive to the applied truncation. So now we change it to the one that I believe is used in the present reconstruction code:
B. if(Edep > 500 keV) Edep = 500 keV.

**Table V. <Edep> per hit per TH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	152.6	121.5	156.7	311.2	152.3	418.8
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	147.2	120.7	157.4	305.3	149.6	407.5
Hijing HBT
Venus central	149.1	123.0	164.2	302.1	149.9	391.1

**Table VI. <Edep> per hit per PH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	126.2	118.6	156.3	198.3	113.2	98.8
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	124.8	117.7	156.8	199.0	113.0	109.1
Hijing HBT
Venus central	128.3	120.0	163.8	188.9	114.1	101.8

With the 'truncation' if(Edep > 500 keV) Edep = 500 keV, the differences in <Edep> (Table V) are somewhat smaller, the difference in TH/PH is the same as before (all tracks with hits are accepted) and the final effect would be the underestimation by about 7.5 % (6.7%) of the multiplicity of primaries with hits at midrapidity for 'plasma 30%' (central Venus) events if reconstructed with the code tuned to central Hijing.
C. Hits with Edep <= 1000 keV only I have also tried to apply the sharp cut at 1000 keV, i.e. only those hits are accepted for which the Edep <= 1000 keV while those with Edep > 1000 keV are rejected. This of course leads to loose some tracks (those highly ionizing with only 1 hit per track). The advantage of this cut is, however, that we loose secondaries while primaries remain intact (at the level of ~0.3%). Tables VII-X summarize the results obtained with this cut.

**Table VII. Multiplicities of TH tracks**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	2496.64	1782.06	163.17	186.08	334.79	30.54
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	2640.69	1970.07	159.60	176.23	306.89	27.80
Hijing HBT
Venus central	5382.92	3851.02	505.51	333.64	631.09	61.66

**Table VIII. Multiplicities of PH tracks**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	1977.58	1676.22	162.05	113.34	25.65	0.32
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	2168.49	1871.43	158.36	112.97	25.46	0.27
Hijing HBT
Venus central	4429.11	3658.65	502.77	214.98	52.63	0.08

**Table IX. <Edep> per hit per TH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	145.51	122.32	158.76	309.25	146.43	420.27
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	141.16	121.56	159.34	300.69	143.36	390.39
Hijing HBT
Venus central	143.72	123.77	166.61	295.66	145.00	367.25

**Table X. <Edep> per hit per PH track**
Sample	all particles	pions	kaons	protons	electrons	others
Hijing inclusive
Hijing semi-central
Hijing central	127.25	119.34	158.33	202.96	113.71	98.79
Hijing plasma 15%
Hijing plasma 30%	125.84	118.56	158.87	203.02	113.59	109.14
Hijing HBT
Venus central	129.34	120.80	166.22	192.08	114.29	101.82

Using this cut and tuning to central Hijing events we obtain midrapidity multiplicities (of primaries with hits) underestimated by 6.4% (4.9%) for 'plasma 30%' (central Venus) events.