is anyone already adding the non-collision background flag to HelpTreeBase / is anyone else interested in it? It'd be useful for the dijets, and I'm attaching the email below.
Thanks,
Caterina
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Since run 279932 taken on 20/09, you can check for the presence of beam-induced backgrounds by looking at the bits in the background word in EventInfo in the following way:
Hi all,
is anyone already adding the non-collision background flag to HelpTreeBase / is anyone else interested in it? It'd be useful for the dijets, and I'm attaching the email below.
Thanks, Caterina
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Since run 279932 taken on 20/09, you can check for the presence of beam-induced backgrounds by looking at the bits in the background word in EventInfo in the following way:
backgroundFlags&(1<<20)