Do you mean inversely proportional? Otherwise it would mean that the
higher the momentum the higher the curvature. Is there a close form
expression for the track length as function of the electron momentum?
Cheers, Vitaliy
Chi Zhang wrote:
>presumably when you adjust the momentum, you should then adjust the
>geometric trajectory, recalculate the path length, all the absolute time
>of flight and the mass.
>
>I would think the correction in path length is of the same relative size
>as the momentum correction because the curvature is somewhat proportional
>to P*B.
>
>On Fri, 20 May 2005, vitalik wrote:
>
>
>
>>This is the question to the wire chamber reconstruction guys:
>>What is the dependence of the length of the track on the calculated
>>momentum of the track. That is, if the electron momentum is adjusted
>>does the length of the track need adjusting?
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Vitaliy
>>
>>
>>
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