Subtractor.cc

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#include "fastjet/tools/Subtractor.hh"

FASTJET_BEGIN_NAMESPACE     // defined in fastjet/internal/base.hh

PseudoJet Subtractor::result(const PseudoJet & jet) const {
  if (!jet.has_area()){
    throw Error("Trying to subtract a jet without area support");
  }
  
  double rho = _bge->rho(jet);
  PseudoJet subtracted_jet = jet;
  PseudoJet area4vect = jet.area_4vector();
  // sanity check
  if (rho*area4vect.perp() < jet.perp() ) { 
    // this subtraction should retain the jet's structural
    // information
    subtracted_jet -= rho*area4vect;
  } else { 
    // this sets the jet's momentum to zero while
    // maintaining all of the jet's structural information
    subtracted_jet *= 0;
  }
  return subtracted_jet;
}

FASTJET_END_NAMESPACE