TrajectoryStateClosestToBeamLine.cc

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#include "TrackingTools/TrajectoryState/interface/TrajectoryStateClosestToBeamLine.h"

Measurement1D TrajectoryStateClosestToBeamLine::transverseImpactParameter() const {
  AlgebraicSymMatrix33 error =
      theBeamSpot.rotatedCovariance3D() + theFTS.cartesianError().matrix().Sub<AlgebraicSymMatrix33>(0, 0);

  GlobalPoint impactPoint = theFTS.position();
  AlgebraicVector3 transverseFlightPath(
      impactPoint.x() - thePointOnBeamLine.x(), impactPoint.y() - thePointOnBeamLine.y(), 0.);
  double length = ROOT::Math::Mag(transverseFlightPath);
  // Warning: after the transverseFlightPath.Unit() statement, the
  // transverseFlightPath vector is CHANGED to a UNIT vector.
  double ipError = sqrt(ROOT::Math::Similarity(transverseFlightPath.Unit(), error));
  return Measurement1D(length, ipError);
}