CompareMasses.C File Reference

Detailed Description

Macro to compare masses in ROOT data base to the values from pdg pdg.

The ROOT values are read in by TDatabasePDG from $ROOTSYS/etc/pdg_table.txt

Processing /mnt/vdb/lsf/workspace/root-makedoc-v608/rootspi/rdoc/src/v6-08-00-patches/tutorials/mc/CompareMasses.C...
      a_00    10111 pdg mass 1.474000E+00 pdg err 1.900000E-02 root Mass 9.835000E-01 >> deltaM 4.905000E-01 = 33.277%
      a_0+    10211 pdg mass 1.474000E+00 pdg err 1.900000E-02 root Mass 9.835000E-01 >> deltaM 4.905000E-01 = 33.277%

#include "TDatabasePDG.h"
#include "TParticlePDG.h"


void CompareMasses()
{
   TString massWidthFile = gSystem->UnixPathName(__FILE__);
   massWidthFile.ReplaceAll("CompareMasses.C","mass_width_2008.mc.txt");

   FILE* file = fopen(massWidthFile.Data(),"r");

   if (!file){
      Printf("Could not open PDG particle file %s", massWidthFile.Data());
      return;
   }

   char      c[200];
   char      cempty;
   Int_t     pdg[4];
   Float_t   mass, err1, err2, err;
   Int_t     ndiff = 0;

   while (fgets(c, 200, file)) {
      if (c[0] != '*' &&  c[0] !='W') {
         //printf("%s",c);
         sscanf(&c[1], "%8d", &pdg[0]);

         // check emptiness
         pdg[1] = 0;
         for(int i = 0;i<8;i++){
            sscanf(&c[9+i],"%c",&cempty);
            if(cempty != ' ')sscanf(&c[9],"%8d",&pdg[1]);
         }

         pdg[2] = 0;
         for(int i = 0;i<8;i++){
            sscanf(&c[17+i],"%c",&cempty);
            if(cempty != ' ')sscanf(&c[17],"%8d",&pdg[2]);
         }

         pdg[3] = 0;
         for(int i = 0;i<8;i++){
            sscanf(&c[25+i],"%c",&cempty);
            if(cempty != ' ')sscanf(&c[25],"%8d",&pdg[3]);
         }

         sscanf(&c[35],"%14f",&mass);
         sscanf(&c[50],"%8f",&err1);
         sscanf(&c[50],"%8f",&err2);
         err = TMath::Max((Double_t)err1,(Double_t)-1.*err2);
         for(int ipdg = 0;ipdg  < 4;ipdg++){
            if(pdg[ipdg]==0)continue;
            TParticlePDG *partRoot = TDatabasePDG::Instance()->GetParticle(pdg[ipdg]);
            if(partRoot){
               Float_t massRoot = partRoot->Mass();
               Float_t deltaM = TMath::Abs(massRoot - mass);
               //      if(deltaM > err){
               if (mass != 0.0 && deltaM/mass>1E-05){
                  ndiff++;
                  Printf("%10s %8d pdg mass %E pdg err %E root Mass %E >> deltaM %E = %3.3f%%",partRoot->GetName(),pdg[ipdg],mass,err,massRoot,deltaM,100.*deltaM/mass);
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }// while
   fclose(file);
   if (ndiff == 0) Printf("Crongratulations !! All particles in ROOT and PDG have identical masses");

}

Author

Christian.Klein-Boesing

Definition in file CompareMasses.C.