gspandre / xpesim

Simulation tool for the X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
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beta in photoelectron emission theta distribution #4

Open csgro opened 8 years ago

csgro commented 8 years ago

In TPhoton::GetPhotoelectronTheta() we calculate the beta using: Double_t Beta = sqrt(1.0 - pow((Energy/ELECTRON_MASS + 1), -2.0)); Where Energy is the photon energy instead of the photoelectron one. Is that an approximation done on purpose, since it hardly have a noticeable effect?