TangentHelix.cc

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#include "RecoTracker/NuclearSeedGenerator/interface/TangentHelix.h"

TangentHelix::TangentHelix(const TangentHelix& primCircle, const GlobalPoint& outerPoint, const GlobalPoint& innerPoint)
    : theInnerPoint(innerPoint), theOuterPoint(outerPoint), theCircle(primCircle.circle(), outerPoint, innerPoint) {
  // Calculation of vertex.z :
  GlobalPoint inner_T(innerPoint.x(), innerPoint.y(), 0.0);
  GlobalPoint outer_T(outerPoint.x(), outerPoint.y(), 0.0);
  GlobalPoint vtx_T(theCircle.vertexPoint().x(), theCircle.vertexPoint().y(), 0.0);

  double d1 = (inner_T - vtx_T).mag();
  double d = (inner_T - outer_T).mag();

  theVertexPoint = GlobalPoint(vtx_T.x(), vtx_T.y(), innerPoint.z() - (outerPoint.z() - innerPoint.z()) * d1 / d);
  theDirectionAtVertex = GlobalVector(1000, 1000, 1000);
}

GlobalVector TangentHelix::directionAtVertex() {
  if (theDirectionAtVertex.z() > 999) {
    GlobalPoint inner_T(theInnerPoint.x(), theInnerPoint.y(), 0.0);
    GlobalPoint outer_T(theOuterPoint.x(), theOuterPoint.y(), 0.0);
    double p_z = (theOuterPoint.z() - theInnerPoint.z()) / (outer_T - inner_T).mag();

    GlobalVector dir_T = theCircle.directionAtVertex();
    GlobalVector dir(dir_T.x(), dir_T.y(), p_z);

    dir /= dir.mag();
    theDirectionAtVertex = dir;
  }

  return theDirectionAtVertex;
}