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);
}