Pythia8PartonSelector.cc

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#include "PhysicsTools/JetMCAlgos/interface/Pythia8PartonSelector.h"
#include "PhysicsTools/JetMCUtils/interface/CandMCTag.h"

Pythia8PartonSelector::Pythia8PartonSelector() {}

Pythia8PartonSelector::~Pythia8PartonSelector() {}

void Pythia8PartonSelector::run(const edm::Handle<reco::GenParticleCollection>& particles,
                                std::unique_ptr<reco::GenParticleRefVector>& partons) {
  // loop over particles and select partons
  for (reco::GenParticleCollection::const_iterator it = particles->begin(); it != particles->end(); ++it) {
    int status = it->status();
    if (status == 1)
      continue;  // skip stable particles
    if (status == 2)
      continue;  // skip decayed Standard Model hadrons and leptons
    if (!CandMCTagUtils::isParton(*it))
      continue;  // skip particle if not a parton

    // check if the parton has other partons as daughters
    int nparton_daughters = 0;
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < it->numberOfDaughters(); ++i) {
      if (CandMCTagUtils::isParton(*(it->daughter(i))))
        ++nparton_daughters;
    }

    if (nparton_daughters == 0)
      partons->push_back(reco::GenParticleRef(particles, it - particles->begin()));
  }

  return;
}