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In this step, event and track cuts are applied. The only event cut is
a cut on the flag on the vertex fit (iflag==0). The cuts on tracks
are: 30 or more points in the MTPC, more than half or the
potential points in the main TPC, the -wedge cut, and a cut to
remove MTPC-only tracks. This last cut means that tracks that have
more than 10 potential points in at least one of the VTPC are rejected
if they have no points found in the VTPC. This constitutes a rather
mild cut to reject MTPC-only tracks that should have VTPC points
(MTPC-only tracks that have no potential points in the VTPC are
accepted). The -wedge cut selects tracks that are within
30
of the horizontal plane. The main goal of this cut is to
reject tracks that leave the TPC thought the top or bottom, where the
measurements can be distorted (this is mostly a concern for
points close to the readout plane).
Marco van Leeuwen
2009-01-14