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MuonTimeExtra

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#ifndef MuonReco_MuonTimeExtra_h
#define MuonReco_MuonTimeExtra_h

/** \class reco::MuonTimeExtra MuonTimeExtra.h DataFormats/MuonReco/interface/MuonTimeExtra.h
 *  
 * A class holding timing information calculated for a muon. 
 *
 * \author Piotr Traczyk, CERN
 *
 *
 */

namespace reco {

  class MuonTimeExtra {
  public:
    MuonTimeExtra();

    enum Direction { OutsideIn = -1, Undefined = 0, InsideOut = 1 };

    /// number of measurements used in timing calculation
    int nDof() const { return nDof_; };
    void setNDof(const int nDof) { nDof_ = nDof; };

    /// 1/beta for prompt particle hypothesis
    /// (time is constraint to the bunch crossing time)
    float inverseBeta() const { return inverseBeta_; };
    float inverseBetaErr() const { return inverseBetaErr_; };
    void setInverseBeta(const float iBeta) { inverseBeta_ = iBeta; };
    void setInverseBetaErr(const float iBetaErr) { inverseBetaErr_ = iBetaErr; };

    /// unconstrained 1/beta (time is free)
    /// Sign convention:
    ///   positive - outward moving particle
    ///   negative - inward moving particle
    float freeInverseBeta() const { return freeInverseBeta_; };
    float freeInverseBetaErr() const { return freeInverseBetaErr_; };
    void setFreeInverseBeta(const float iBeta) { freeInverseBeta_ = iBeta; };
    void setFreeInverseBetaErr(const float iBetaErr) { freeInverseBetaErr_ = iBetaErr; };

    /// time of arrival at the IP for the Beta=1 hypothesis
    ///  a) particle is moving from inside out
    float timeAtIpInOut() const { return timeAtIpInOut_; };
    float timeAtIpInOutErr() const { return timeAtIpInOutErr_; };
    void setTimeAtIpInOut(const float timeIp) { timeAtIpInOut_ = timeIp; };
    void setTimeAtIpInOutErr(const float timeErr) { timeAtIpInOutErr_ = timeErr; };
    ///  b) particle is moving from outside in
    float timeAtIpOutIn() const { return timeAtIpOutIn_; };
    float timeAtIpOutInErr() const { return timeAtIpOutInErr_; };
    void setTimeAtIpOutIn(const float timeIp) { timeAtIpOutIn_ = timeIp; };
    void setTimeAtIpOutInErr(const float timeErr) { timeAtIpOutInErr_ = timeErr; };

    /// direction estimation based on time dispersion
    Direction direction() const {
      if (nDof_ < 2)
        return Undefined;
      if (timeAtIpInOutErr_ > timeAtIpOutInErr_)
        return OutsideIn;
      return InsideOut;
    }

  private:
    /// number of measurements used in timing calculation
    int nDof_;

    /// 1/beta for prompt particle hypothesis
    float inverseBeta_;
    float inverseBetaErr_;

    /// unconstrained 1/beta (time is free)
    float freeInverseBeta_;
    float freeInverseBetaErr_;

    /// time of arrival at the IP for the Beta=1 hypothesis
    float timeAtIpInOut_;
    float timeAtIpInOutErr_;
    float timeAtIpOutIn_;
    float timeAtIpOutInErr_;
  };

}  // namespace reco

#endif