MCLongLivedParticles.cc

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#include "GeneratorInterface/GenFilters/interface/MCLongLivedParticles.h"

#include "SimDataFormats/GeneratorProducts/interface/HepMCProduct.h"
#include <iostream>

using namespace edm;
using namespace std;


MCLongLivedParticles::MCLongLivedParticles(const edm::ParameterSet& iConfig) :
  hepMCProductTag_(iConfig.getParameter<edm::InputTag>("hepMCProductTag")) {
   //here do whatever other initialization is needed
  theCut = iConfig.getUntrackedParameter<double>("LengCut",10.);
}


MCLongLivedParticles::~MCLongLivedParticles()
{
 
   // do anything here that needs to be done at desctruction time
   // (e.g. close files, deallocate resources etc.)

}


// ------------ method called to skim the data  ------------
bool MCLongLivedParticles::filter(edm::Event& iEvent, const edm::EventSetup& iSetup)
{

  using namespace edm;
  
  Handle<HepMCProduct> evt;
  
  iEvent.getByLabel(hepMCProductTag_, evt);
  
  bool pass = false;
  
  const HepMC::GenEvent * generated_event = evt->GetEvent();
  HepMC::GenEvent::particle_const_iterator p;
  
  for (p = generated_event->particles_begin(); p != generated_event->particles_end(); p++)
    { 

      if((*p)->production_vertex()!=0&&(*p)->end_vertex()!=0)
    {
      float dist = sqrt((((*p)->production_vertex())->position().x()-((*p)->end_vertex())->position().x())*(((*p)->production_vertex())->position().x()-((*p)->end_vertex())->position().x())+
                (((*p)->production_vertex())->position().y()-((*p)->end_vertex())->position().y())*(((*p)->production_vertex())->position().y()-((*p)->end_vertex())->position().y()));
      if(dist>theCut)
        pass=true;
    }
      
      if((*p)->production_vertex()==0&&!(*p)->end_vertex()!=0)
    {
      if(((*p)->end_vertex())->position().perp()>theCut)
        pass=true;
    }
      
      if(pass)
    return pass;
    }
  
  return pass;
}