Acts/Vertexing/LinearizerTrackParameters.hpp

0001 // This file is part of the ACTS project.
0002 //
0003 // Copyright (C) 2016 CERN for the benefit of the ACTS project
0004 //
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0006 // License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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0008
0009 #pragma once
0010
0011 namespace Acts {
0012
0013 /// Enum to access the components of a track parameter vector.
0014 ///
0015 /// Here, we parametrize the track via a 4D point on the track, the momentum
0016 /// angles of the particle at that point, and q/p or 1/p.
0017 ///
0018 /// @note It would make sense to rename these parameters if they are used outside of track linearization.
0019 /// @note This must be a regular `enum` and not a scoped `enum class` to allow
0020 /// implicit conversion to an integer. The enum value are thus visible directly
0021 /// in `namespace Acts` and are prefixed to avoid naming collisions.
0022 enum LinIndices : unsigned int {
0023   // Global spatial position of a point on the track, must be stored as one
0024   // continuous block.
0025   eLinPos0 = 0u,
0026   eLinPos1 = eLinPos0 + 1u,
0027   eLinPos2 = eLinPos0 + 2u,
0028   // Global time when particle is at the point
0029   eLinTime = 3u,
0030   // Angles of the particle momentum in the global frame at the point
0031   eLinPhi = 4u,
0032   eLinTheta = eLinPhi + 1u,
0033   // Global inverse-momentum-like parameter, i.e. q/p or 1/p, at the point
0034   // The naming is inconsistent for the case of neutral track parameters where
0035   // the value is interpreted as 1/p not as q/p. This is intentional to avoid
0036   // having multiple aliases for the same element and for lack of an acceptable
0037   // common name.
0038   eLinQOverP = 6u,
0039   // Total number of components
0040   eLinSize = 7u,
0041   // Number of space-time components (3+1)
0042   eLinPosSize = 4u,
0043   // Number of momentum components
0044   eLinMomSize = 3u,
0045 };
0046
0047 }  // namespace Acts