THelix.h

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// @(#)root/g3d:$Id$
// Author: Ping Yeh   19/12/97
 
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#ifndef ROOT_THelix
#define ROOT_THelix
 
#include "TPolyLine3D.h"
#include "TRotMatrix.h"
 
enum EHelixRangeType {
   kHelixT, kHelixX, kHelixY, kHelixZ, kLabX, kLabY, kLabZ, kUnchanged
};
 
 
class THelix : public TPolyLine3D {
 
protected:
   Double_t     fX0;       //Pivot's x position (see parametrization in class doc)
   Double_t     fY0;       //Pivot's y position (see parametrization in class doc)
   Double_t     fZ0;       //Pivot's z position (see parametrization in class doc)
   Double_t     fVt;       //Transverse velocity (constant of motion)
   Double_t     fPhi0;     //Initial phase, so vx0 = fVt*cos(fPhi0)
   Double_t     fVz;       //Z velocity (constant of motion)
   Double_t     fW;        //Angular frequency
   Double_t     fAxis[3];  //Direction unit vector of the helix axis
   TRotMatrix  *fRotMat;   //Rotation matrix: axis // z  -->  axis // fAxis
   Double_t     fRange[2]; //Range of helix parameter t
 
   THelix& operator=(const THelix&);
 
   void         SetRotMatrix();    //Set rotation matrix
   Double_t     FindClosestPhase(Double_t phi0,  Double_t cosine);
 
   static Int_t fgMinNSeg;   //minimal number of segments in polyline
 
public:
   THelix();
   THelix(Double_t x,  Double_t y,  Double_t z,
          Double_t vx, Double_t vy, Double_t vz,
          Double_t w);
   THelix(Double_t const* xyz, Double_t const* v, Double_t w,
          Double_t const* range=nullptr, EHelixRangeType rtype=kHelixZ,
          Double_t const* axis=nullptr);
   THelix(const THelix &helix);
   ~THelix() override;
 
   void    Copy(TObject &helix) const override;
   void    Draw(Option_t *option="") override;
   Option_t       *GetOption() const override {return fOption.Data();}
   void    Print(Option_t *option="") const override;
   void    SavePrimitive(std::ostream &out, Option_t *option = "") override;
   void    SetOption(Option_t *option="") override {fOption = option;}
   virtual void    SetAxis(Double_t const* axis);       //Define new axis
   virtual void    SetAxis(Double_t x, Double_t y, Double_t z);
   virtual void    SetRange(Double_t * range, EHelixRangeType rtype=kHelixZ);
   virtual void    SetRange(Double_t r1, Double_t r2, EHelixRangeType rtype=kHelixZ);
   void            SetHelix(Double_t const* xyz,  Double_t const* v, Double_t w,
                            Double_t const* range=nullptr, EHelixRangeType type=kUnchanged,
                            Double_t const* axis=nullptr);
 
   ClassDefOverride(THelix,2)  //A Helix drawn as a PolyLine3D
};
 
#endif