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Particle identification parameter for FairRutherfordPoint [message #14264] Tue, 11 December 2012 23:45 Go to next message
Raphael Cervantes is currently offline  Raphael Cervantes
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Hi guys,
I am currently using the rutherford example in Fairroot. I run run_rutherford.C and get test.mc.root. I would like to plot the particle hits on the detector as a function of theta for a particular particle, e.g. the theta distribution of photons. I plot these distributions with

root -l data/test.mc.root (in the rutherford macros folder)

cbmsim->Draw("FairRutherfordPoint.fEta>>h1","FairRutherfordPoint.fEta >-10 && FairRutherfordPoint.fEta<10")

where eta is the pseudorapidity and a function of theta.

I would like to just look at the eta distribution of the photons instead of the whole range of particles. I notice that the particle identification information is stored in MCTrack and not in FairRutherfordPoint. I thought of using the command
cbmsim->Draw("FairRutherfordPoint.fEta>>h1","FairRutherfordPoint.fEta >-10 && FairRutherfordPoint.fEta<10 && MCTrack.fPdgCode==22")
However, further analysis showed that this command does not actually plot the fairrutherfordpoint eta distribution of the photon particles. I believe is is because pdgCode is in a different branch from FairRutherfordPoint.

I now want to make pid information an intrinsic property of FairRutherfordPoint. What must I do to get the pdgCode from the MCTrack to the corresponding FairRutherfordPoint?
Re: Particle identification parameter for FairRutherfordPoint [message #14265 is a reply to message #14264] Wed, 12 December 2012 09:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
StefanoSpataro is currently offline  StefanoSpataro
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cbmsim->Draw("FairRutherfordPoint.fEta>>h1","FairRutherfordPoint.fEta >-10 && FairRutherfordPoint.fEta<10 && MCTrack[FairRutherfordPoint.fTrackID].fPdgCode==22")
Re: Particle identification parameter for FairRutherfordPoint [message #14266 is a reply to message #14265] Wed, 12 December 2012 12:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Raphael Cervantes is currently offline  Raphael Cervantes
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Hi,
That did the trick, but I don't quite understand what's going on. Can you explain to me why your code works?

Thank you,
Raphael
Re: Particle identification parameter for FairRutherfordPoint [message #14267 is a reply to message #14266] Wed, 12 December 2012 12:46 Go to previous message
StefanoSpataro is currently offline  StefanoSpataro
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You select the MCTrack corresponding to the track id from the Point. With the [XX] you retrieve the object at the XX position inside the TClonesArray, and the trackID is the position number inside the TCA of the mother MCTrack.
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