PulseHeightGenerator Class Reference

Generates pulse height according to distribution: P(x) = (x/x0)^p1 * exp(-(x/x0)^p2), p1 >= 0, p2 > 0 in the range 0 to xmax. More...

#include <PulseHeightGenerator.h>

Public Member Functions
	PulseHeightGenerator ()
	Default constructor.
	PulseHeightGenerator (double x0, double p1, double p2, double xmax)
	Constructor. More...
double	getValue (double x) const
	Returns distribution value at x. More...
double	generate () const
	Returns generated pulse height. More...

Private Attributes
double	m_x0 = 0
	distribution parameter [ADC counts]
double	m_p1 = 0
	distribution parameter, must be non-negative
double	m_p2 = 0
	distribution parameter
double	m_xmax = 0
	upper bound of range [ADC counts]
double	m_vPeak = 0
	peak value

Detailed Description

Generates pulse height according to distribution: P(x) = (x/x0)^p1 * exp(-(x/x0)^p2), p1 >= 0, p2 > 0 in the range 0 to xmax.

Definition at line 35 of file PulseHeightGenerator.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PulseHeightGenerator()

PulseHeightGenerator	(	double	x0,
		double	p1,
		double	p2,
		double	xmax
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

x0	distribution parameter [ADC counts]
p1	distribution parameter, must be non-negative
p2	distribution parameter
xmax	upper bound of range in which to generate [ADC counts]

Definition at line 27 of file PulseHeightGenerator.cc.

                                                           :
      m_x0(x0), m_p1(p1), m_p2(p2), m_xmax(xmax)
    {
      if (x0 <= 0)
        B2FATAL("TOP::PulseHeightGenerator: parameter x0 must be positive");
      if (p1 < 0)
        B2FATAL("TOP::PulseHeightGenerator: parameter p1 must be non-negative");
      if (p2 <= 0)
        B2FATAL("TOP::PulseHeightGenerator: parameter p2 must be positive");
 
      double xPeak = pow((p1 / p2), 1 / p2) * x0;
      if (m_xmax < xPeak) xPeak = m_xmax;
      m_vPeak = getValue(xPeak);
 
    }

Member Function Documentation

generate()

double generate

(

)

const

Returns generated pulse height.

Returns

height [ADC counts]

Definition at line 45 of file PulseHeightGenerator.cc.

getValue()

double getValue ( double  x ) const

inline

Returns distribution value at x.

Parameters

x	argument [ADC counts]

Returns

value

Definition at line 59 of file PulseHeightGenerator.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• top/modules/TOPDigitizer/include/PulseHeightGenerator.h
• top/modules/TOPDigitizer/src/PulseHeightGenerator.cc