| PndKinVtxFitter  [message #17159] | 
			Tue, 12 August 2014 08:48   | 
		 
		
			
				
				
				
					
						  
						Alexandr Zinchenko
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		Hello. 
I was trying to apply a vertex constrained fit to a charmonium candidate (made of J/psi pi+ pi-)  
The relevant analysis macro lines are as follows (based on tutorials/rho macros) 
 
    // *** combinatorics for J/psi -> mu+ mu- 
    jpsi.Combine(muplus, muminus); 
 
    // *** combinatorics for psi(2S) -> J/psi pi+ pi- 
    psi2s.Combine(jpsi, piplus, piminus); 
 
    // *** 
    // *** do VERTEX FIT (psi(2s))   
    // ***  
                                                                      
    for (j = psi2s.GetLength()-1; j >= 0; --j) { 
      PndKinVtxFitter vtxfitter(psi2s[j]); // instantiate a vertex fitter   
      vtxfitter.SetVerbose(); 
      vtxfitter.Fit(); 
 
The printout from PndKinVtxFitter code (activated by the verbosity flag) is: 
 
Initial vertex Position is -0.00141313 -0.0154373 -0.0183913 
iteration Number  0 
 vertex Position is -nan -nan -nan 
 chi2 in iterartion -nan 
iteration Number  1 
 vertex Position is -nan -nan -nan 
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Am I doing something wrong or the fitter does not work for such particle combination (1 neutral composite and 2 charged)? 
		
		
		
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