python.Config.PDG_cfi Namespace Reference

Functions
	registerParticle (int pdgid, str name, float mass=0., float width=0., int charge=0, int colour=1, bool fermion=False)
	Define a new particle type into the PDG library.

Variables
	PDG
	Named list of PDG identifiers.

Function Documentation

registerParticle()

registerParticle	(	int	pdgid,
		str	name,
		float	mass = 0.,
		float	width = 0.,
		int	charge = 0,
		int	colour = 1,
		bool	fermion = False
	)

Parameters

pdgid	Integer-type PDG identifier
name	Computer-safe (and preferably human-readable) particle name
mass	Particle on-shell mass (in GeV/c^2)
width	Decay width (in GeV)
charge	Particle electric charge (in e)
colour	Colour charge
fermion	Is the particle following the fermion statistics?

Definition at line 37 of file PDG_cfi.py.

Variable Documentation

PDG

PDG

Initial value:

=  Parameters(
    down      = Parameters(pdgid = 1),
    up        = Parameters(pdgid = 2),
    strange   = Parameters(pdgid = 3),
    charm     = Parameters(pdgid = 4),
    bottom    = Parameters(pdgid = 5),
    top       = Parameters(pdgid = 6),
    electron  = Parameters(pdgid = 11),
    positron  = Parameters(pdgid = 11),
    muon      = Parameters(pdgid = 13),
    tau       = Parameters(pdgid = 15),
    gluon     = Parameters(pdgid = 21),
    photon    = Parameters(pdgid = 22),
    Z         = Parameters(pdgid = 23),
    W         = Parameters(pdgid = 24),
    proton    = Parameters(pdgid = 2212),
    neutron   = Parameters(pdgid = 2112),
)

Note

Minimal information required is the pdgid (unsigned int) attribute

Definition at line 10 of file PDG_cfi.py.