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Update LF strangenessbuilder KF cascade building to always store unconstrained V0 and cascade masses
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PWGLF/Utils/strangenessBuilderHelper.h

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@@ -1059,6 +1059,11 @@ class strangenessBuilderHelper
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return false;
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}
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// Calculate V0 mass before mass constraint
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float MLambda, SigmaLambda;
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KFV0.GetMass(MLambda, SigmaLambda);
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cascade.kfMLambda = MLambda;
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if (kfUseV0MassConstraint) {
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KFV0.SetNonlinearMassConstraint(o2::constants::physics::MassLambda);
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}
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cascade = {};
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return false;
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}
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// Calculate masses a priori before potentially applying mass constraint
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// --> this is the invariant mass of the decay products, not the mass-constrained value
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float MXi, SigmaXi, MOmega, SigmaOmega;
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KFXi.GetMass(MXi, SigmaXi);
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KFOmega.GetMass(MOmega, SigmaOmega);
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cascade.massXi = MXi;
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cascade.massOmega = MOmega;
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if (kfUseCascadeMassConstraint) {
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// set mass constraint if requested
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// WARNING: this is only adequate for decay chains, i.e. XiC -> Xi or OmegaC -> Omega
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// WARNING: be aware of the fact that if enabled, the stored particle momentum and covariance matrix will be mass-constrained
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// while the stored mass will be the invariant mass of the decay products (i.e. not mass-constrained)
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KFXi.SetNonlinearMassConstraint(o2::constants::physics::MassXiMinus);
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KFOmega.SetNonlinearMassConstraint(o2::constants::physics::MassOmegaMinus);
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}
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}
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cascade.pointingAngle = TMath::ACos(cosPA);
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// Calculate masses a priori
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float MLambda, SigmaLambda, MXi, SigmaXi, MOmega, SigmaOmega;
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KFV0.GetMass(MLambda, SigmaLambda);
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KFXi.GetMass(MXi, SigmaXi);
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KFOmega.GetMass(MOmega, SigmaOmega);
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cascade.kfMLambda = MLambda;
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cascade.massXi = MXi;
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cascade.massOmega = MOmega;
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// KF Cascade covariance matrix
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std::array<float, 21> covCascKF;
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for (int i = 0; i < 21; i++) { // get covariance matrix elements (lower triangle)

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