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-/* $Id: AliTRDtrackingDebug.cxx 23810 2008-02-08 09:00:27Z hristov $ */
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//                                                                        //
-//  Tracking in one chamber                                               //
-//                                                                        //
-//  Authors:                                                              //
-//    Alex Bercuci <A.Bercuci@gsi.de>                                     //
-//    Markus Fasel <M.Fasel@gsi.de>                                       //
-//                                                                        //
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-#include "AliTRDtrackingChamber.h"
-
-#include "TMath.h"
-#include "TMatrixTBase.h"
-#include <TTreeStream.h>
-
-#include "AliTRDReconstructor.h"
-#include "AliTRDrecoParam.h"
-#include "AliTRDtrackerV1.h"
-#include "AliTRDgeometry.h"
-#include "AliTRDpadPlane.h"
-#include "AliTRDcalibDB.h"
-
-ClassImp(AliTRDtrackingChamber)
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-AliTRDtrackingChamber::AliTRDtrackingChamber(Int_t det) :
-       fDetector(det)
-       ,fX0(0.)
-{}  
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-void AliTRDtrackingChamber::Clear(const Option_t *opt)
-{
-       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++) fTB[itb].Clear(opt);
-}
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-void AliTRDtrackingChamber::InsertCluster(AliTRDcluster *c, Int_t index)
-{
-       fTB[c->GetLocalTimeBin()].InsertCluster(c, index);
-}
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-Bool_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::Build(AliTRDgeometry *geo)
-{
-// Init chamber and all time bins (AliTRDchamberTimeBin)
-// Calculates radial position of the chamber based on 
-// radial positions of the time bins (calibration/alignment aware)
-//
-       Int_t stack = geo->GetChamber(fDetector);
-       Int_t plane = geo->GetPlane(fDetector);
-       AliTRDpadPlane *pp = geo->GetPadPlane(plane, stack);
-       Double_t zl = pp->GetRow0ROC() - pp->GetRowEndROC();
-       Double_t z0 = geo->GetRow0(plane, stack, 0) - zl;
-       Int_t nrows = pp->GetNrows();
-       
-       Int_t index[50], jtb = 0;
-       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){ 
-               if(!fTB[itb]) continue;
-               fTB[itb].SetRange(z0, zl);
-               fTB[itb].SetNRows(nrows);
-               fTB[itb].BuildIndices();
-               index[jtb++] = itb;
-       }       
-       if(jtb<2) return kFALSE;
-       
-       
-       // ESTIMATE POSITION OF PAD PLANE FOR THIS CHAMBER
-       Double_t x0 = fTB[index[0]].GetX();
-       Double_t x1 = fTB[index[1]].GetX();
-       Double_t dx = (x0 - x1)/(index[1] - index[0]); 
-       fX0 = x0 + dx*(index[0] - (Int_t)AliTRDcalibDB::Instance()->GetT0Average(fDetector));   
-       return kTRUE;
-}
-       
-//_______________________________________________________      
-Int_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetNClusters() const
-{
-// Returns number of clusters in chamber
-//
-       Int_t n = 0;
-       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){ 
-               n += Int_t(fTB[itb]);
-       }
-       return n;       
-}      
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-Double_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetQuality()
-{
-  //
-  // Calculate chamber quality for seeding.
-  // 
-  //
-  // Parameters :
-  //   layers : Array of propagation layers for this plane.
-  //
-  // Output :
-  //   plane quality factor for seeding
-  // 
-  // Detailed description
-  //
-  // The quality of the plane for seeding is higher if:
-  //  1. the average timebin population is closer to an integer number
-  //  2. the distribution of clusters/timebin is closer to a uniform distribution.
-  //    - the slope of the first derivative of a parabolic fit is small or
-  //    - the slope of a linear fit is small
-  //
-
-       Int_t ncl   = 0;
-       Int_t nused = 0;
-       Int_t nClLayer;
-       for(int itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){
-               if(!(nClLayer = fTB[itb].GetNClusters())) continue;
-               ncl += nClLayer;
-               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClLayer; incl++){
-                       if((fTB[itb].GetCluster(incl))->IsUsed()) nused++;
-               }
-       }
-       
-       // calculate the deviation of the mean number of clusters from the
-       // closest integer values
-       Float_t nclMed = float(ncl-nused)/AliTRDtrackerV1::GetNTimeBins();
-       Int_t ncli = Int_t(nclMed);
-       Float_t nclDev = TMath::Abs(nclMed - TMath::Max(ncli, 1));
-       nclDev -= (nclDev>.5) && ncli ? 1. : 0.;
-       return TMath::Exp(-5.*TMath::Abs(nclDev));
-
-//     // get slope of the derivative
-//     if(!fitter.Eval()) return quality;
-//     fitter.PrintResults(3);
-//     Double_t a = fitter.GetParameter(1);
-// 
-//     printf("ncl_dev(%f)  a(%f)\n", ncl_dev, a);
-//     return quality*TMath::Exp(-a);
-
-}
-
-
-//_______________________________________________________
-AliTRDchamberTimeBin *AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetSeedingLayer(AliTRDgeometry *geo)
-{
-  //
-  // Creates a seeding layer
-  //
-       
-       // constants
-       const Int_t kMaxRows = 16;
-       const Int_t kMaxCols = 144;
-       const Int_t kMaxPads = 2304;
-               
-       // Get the geometrical data of the chamber
-       Int_t plane = geo->GetPlane(fDetector);
-       Int_t stack = geo->GetChamber(fDetector);
-       Int_t sector= geo->GetSector(fDetector);
-       AliTRDpadPlane *pp = geo->GetPadPlane(plane, stack);
-       Int_t nCols = pp->GetNcols();
-       Float_t ymin = TMath::Min(pp->GetCol0(), pp->GetColEnd());
-       Float_t ymax = TMath::Max(pp->GetCol0(), pp->GetColEnd());
-       Float_t zmin = TMath::Min(pp->GetRow0(), pp->GetRowEnd());
-       Float_t zmax = TMath::Max(pp->GetRow0(), pp->GetRowEnd());
-       Float_t z0 = -1., zl = -1.;
-       Int_t nRows = pp->GetNrows();
-       Float_t binlength = (ymax - ymin)/nCols; 
-       //AliInfo(Form("ymin(%f) ymax(%f) zmin(%f) zmax(%f) nRows(%d) binlength(%f)", ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax, nRows, binlength));
-       
-       // Fill the histogram
-       Int_t nClusters;        
-       Int_t *histogram[kMaxRows];                                                                                     // 2D-Histogram
-       Int_t hvals[kMaxPads];  memset(hvals, 0, sizeof(Int_t)*kMaxPads);       
-       Float_t *sigmas[kMaxRows];
-       Float_t svals[kMaxPads];        memset(svals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);     
-       AliTRDcluster *c = 0x0;
-       for(Int_t irs = 0; irs < kMaxRows; irs++){
-               histogram[irs] = &hvals[irs*kMaxCols];
-               sigmas[irs] = &svals[irs*kMaxCols];
-       }
-       for(Int_t iTime = 0; iTime < kNTimeBins; iTime++){
-               if(!(nClusters = fTB[iTime].GetNClusters())) continue;
-               z0 = fTB[iTime].GetZ0();
-               zl = fTB[iTime].GetDZ0();
-               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClusters; incl++){
-                       c = fTB[iTime].GetCluster(incl);        
-                       histogram[c->GetPadRow()][c->GetPadCol()]++;
-                       sigmas[c->GetPadRow()][c->GetPadCol()] += c->GetSigmaZ2();
-               }
-       }
-       
-// Now I have everything in the histogram, do the selection
-       //Int_t nPads = nCols * nRows;
-       // This is what we are interested in: The center of gravity of the best candidates
-       Float_t cogyvals[kMaxPads]; memset(cogyvals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);
-       Float_t cogzvals[kMaxPads]; memset(cogzvals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);
-       Float_t *cogy[kMaxRows];
-       Float_t *cogz[kMaxRows];
-       
-       // Lookup-Table storing coordinates according to the bins
-       Float_t yLengths[kMaxCols];
-       Float_t zLengths[kMaxRows];
-       for(Int_t icnt = 0; icnt < nCols; icnt++){
-               yLengths[icnt] = pp->GetColPos(nCols - 1 - icnt) + binlength/2;
-       }
-       for(Int_t icnt = 0; icnt < nRows; icnt++){
-               zLengths[icnt] = pp->GetRowPos(icnt) - pp->GetRowSize(icnt)/2;
-       }
-
-       // A bitfield is used to mask the pads as usable
-       Short_t mask[kMaxCols]; memset(mask, 0 ,sizeof(Short_t) * kMaxCols);//bool mvals[kMaxPads];
-       for(UChar_t icount = 0; icount < nRows; icount++){
-               cogy[icount] = &cogyvals[icount*kMaxCols];
-               cogz[icount] = &cogzvals[icount*kMaxCols];
-       }
-       // In this array the array position of the best candidates will be stored
-       Int_t   cand[AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack];
-       Float_t sigcands[AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack];
-       
-       // helper variables
-       Int_t indices[kMaxPads]; memset(indices, -1, sizeof(Int_t)*kMaxPads);
-       Int_t nCandidates = 0;
-       Float_t norm, cogv;
-       // histogram filled -> Select best bins
-       Int_t nPads = nCols * nRows;
-       TMath::Sort(nPads, hvals, indices);                     // bins storing a 0 should not matter
-       // Set Threshold
-       Int_t maximum = hvals[indices[0]];      // best
-       Int_t threshold = Int_t(maximum * AliTRDReconstructor::RecoParam()->GetFindableClusters());
-       Int_t col, row, lower, lower1, upper, upper1;
-       for(Int_t ib = 0; ib < nPads; ib++){
-               if(nCandidates >= AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack){
-                       printf("Number of seed candidates %d exceeded maximum allowed per stack %d", nCandidates, AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack);
-                       break;
-               }
-               // Positions
-               row = indices[ib]/nCols;
-               col = indices[ib]%nCols;
-               // here will be the threshold condition:
-               if((mask[col] & (1 << row)) != 0) continue;             // Pad is masked: continue
-               if(histogram[row][col] < TMath::Max(threshold, 1)){     // of course at least one cluster is needed
-                       break;                  // number of clusters below threshold: break;
-               } 
-               // passing: Mark the neighbors
-               lower  = TMath::Max(col - 1, 0); upper  = TMath::Min(col + 2, nCols);
-               lower1 = TMath::Max(row - 1, 0); upper1 = TMath::Min(row + 2, nCols);
-               for(Int_t ic = lower; ic < upper; ++ic)
-                       for(Int_t ir = lower1; ir < upper1; ++ir){
-                               if(ic == col && ir == row) continue;
-                               mask[ic] |= (1 << ir);
-                       }
-               // Storing the position in an array
-               // testing for neigboring
-               cogv = 0;
-               norm = 0;
-               lower = TMath::Max(col - 1, 0);
-               upper = TMath::Min(col + 2, nCols);
-               for(Int_t inb = lower; inb < upper; ++inb){
-                       cogv += yLengths[inb] * histogram[row][inb];
-                       norm += histogram[row][inb];
-               }
-               cogy[row][col] = cogv / norm;
-               cogv = 0; norm = 0;
-               lower = TMath::Max(row - 1, 0);
-               upper = TMath::Min(row + 2, nRows);
-               for(Int_t inb = lower; inb < upper; ++inb){
-                       cogv += zLengths[inb] * histogram[inb][col];
-                       norm += histogram[inb][col];
-               }
-               cogz[row][col] = Float_t(cogv) /  norm;
-               // passed the filter
-               cand[nCandidates] = row*nCols + col;    // store the position of a passig candidate into an Array
-               sigcands[nCandidates] = sigmas[row][col] / histogram[row][col]; // never be a floating point exeption
-               // Analysis output
-               nCandidates++;
-       }
-       if(!nCandidates) return 0x0;
-       
-       Float_t pos[3], sig[2];
-       Short_t signal[7]; memset(&signal[0], 0, 7*sizeof(Short_t));
-       AliTRDchamberTimeBin *fakeLayer = new AliTRDchamberTimeBin(plane, stack, sector, z0, zl);
-       AliTRDcluster *cluster = 0x0;
-       if(nCandidates){
-               UInt_t fakeIndex = 0;
-               for(Int_t ican = 0; ican < nCandidates; ican++){
-                       row = cand[ican] / nCols;
-                       col = cand[ican] % nCols;
-                       //temporary
-                       Int_t n = 0; Double_t x = 0., y = 0., z = 0.;
-                       for(int itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){
-                               if(!(nClusters = fTB[itb].GetNClusters())) continue;
-                               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClusters; incl++){
-                                       c = fTB[itb].GetCluster(incl);  
-                                       if(c->GetPadRow() != row) continue;
-                                       if(TMath::Abs(c->GetPadCol() - col) > 2) continue;
-                                       x += c->GetX();
-                                       y += c->GetY();
-                                       z += c->GetZ();
-                                       n++;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       pos[0] = x/n;
-                       pos[1] = y/n;
-                       pos[2] = z/n;
-                       sig[0] = .02;
-                       sig[1] = sigcands[ican];
-                       cluster = new AliTRDcluster(fDetector, 0., pos, sig, 0x0, 3, signal, col, row, 0, 0, 0., 0);
-                       fakeLayer->InsertCluster(cluster, fakeIndex++);
-               }
-       }
-       fakeLayer->SetNRows(nRows);
-       fakeLayer->SetOwner();
-       fakeLayer->BuildIndices();
-       //fakeLayer->PrintClusters();
-       
-       if(AliTRDReconstructor::StreamLevel() >= 3){
-               //TMatrixD hist(nRows, nCols);
-               //for(Int_t i = 0; i < nRows; i++)
-               //      for(Int_t j = 0; j < nCols; j++)
-               //              hist(i,j) = histogram[i][j];
-               TTreeSRedirector &cstreamer = *AliTRDtrackerV1::DebugStreamer();
-               cstreamer << "GetSeedingLayer"
-               << "plane="      << plane
-               << "ymin="       << ymin
-               << "ymax="       << ymax
-               << "zmin="       << zmin
-               << "zmax="       << zmax
-               << "L.="         << fakeLayer
-               //<< "Histogram.=" << &hist
-               << "\n";
-       }
-       
-       return fakeLayer;
-}
-
+/**************************************************************************\r
+ * Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. *\r
+ *                                                                        *\r
+ * Author: The ALICE Off-line Project.                                    *\r
+ * Contributors are mentioned in the code where appropriate.              *\r
+ *                                                                        *\r
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its   *\r
+ * documentation strictly for non-commercial purposes is hereby granted   *\r
+ * without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all   *\r
+ * copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice   *\r
+ * appear in the supporting documentation. The authors make no claims     *\r
+ * about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is          *\r
+ * provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.                  *\r
+ **************************************************************************/\r
+\r
+/* $Id: AliTRDtrackingDebug.cxx 23810 2008-02-08 09:00:27Z hristov $ */\r
+\r
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r
+//                                                                        //\r
+//  Tracking in one chamber                                               //\r
+//                                                                        //\r
+//  Authors:                                                              //\r
+//    Alex Bercuci <A.Bercuci@gsi.de>                                     //\r
+//    Markus Fasel <M.Fasel@gsi.de>                                       //\r
+//                                                                        //\r
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r
+\r
+#include "AliTRDtrackingChamber.h"\r
+\r
+#include "TMath.h"\r
+#include "TMatrixTBase.h"\r
+#include <TTreeStream.h>\r
+\r
+#include "AliTRDReconstructor.h"\r
+#include "AliTRDrecoParam.h"\r
+#include "AliTRDtrackerV1.h"\r
+#include "AliTRDgeometry.h"\r
+#include "AliTRDpadPlane.h"\r
+#include "AliTRDcalibDB.h"\r
+\r
+ClassImp(AliTRDtrackingChamber)\r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+AliTRDtrackingChamber::AliTRDtrackingChamber(Int_t det) :\r
+       fDetector(det)\r
+       ,fX0(0.)\r
+{}  \r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+void AliTRDtrackingChamber::Clear(const Option_t *opt)\r
+{\r
+       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++) fTB[itb].Clear(opt);\r
+}\r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+void AliTRDtrackingChamber::InsertCluster(AliTRDcluster *c, Int_t index)\r
+{\r
+       fTB[c->GetLocalTimeBin()].InsertCluster(c, index);\r
+}\r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+Bool_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::Build(AliTRDgeometry *geo)\r
+{\r
+// Init chamber and all time bins (AliTRDchamberTimeBin)\r
+// Calculates radial position of the chamber based on \r
+// radial positions of the time bins (calibration/alignment aware)\r
+//\r
+       Int_t stack = geo->GetChamber(fDetector);\r
+       Int_t plane = geo->GetPlane(fDetector);\r
+       AliTRDpadPlane *pp = geo->GetPadPlane(plane, stack);\r
+       Double_t zl = pp->GetRow0ROC() - pp->GetRowEndROC();\r
+       Double_t z0 = geo->GetRow0(plane, stack, 0) - zl;\r
+       Int_t nrows = pp->GetNrows();\r
+       \r
+       Int_t index[50], jtb = 0;\r
+       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){ \r
+               if(!fTB[itb]) continue;\r
+               fTB[itb].SetRange(z0, zl);\r
+               fTB[itb].SetNRows(nrows);\r
+               fTB[itb].BuildIndices();\r
+               index[jtb++] = itb;\r
+       }       \r
+       if(jtb<2) return kFALSE;\r
+       \r
+       \r
+       // ESTIMATE POSITION OF PAD PLANE FOR THIS CHAMBER\r
+       Double_t x0 = fTB[index[0]].GetX();\r
+       Double_t x1 = fTB[index[1]].GetX();\r
+       Double_t dx = (x0 - x1)/(index[1] - index[0]); \r
+       fX0 = x0 + dx*(index[0] - (Int_t)AliTRDcalibDB::Instance()->GetT0Average(fDetector));   \r
+       return kTRUE;\r
+}\r
+       \r
+//_______________________________________________________      \r
+Int_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetNClusters() const\r
+{\r
+// Returns number of clusters in chamber\r
+//\r
+       Int_t n = 0;\r
+       for(Int_t itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){ \r
+               n += Int_t(fTB[itb]);\r
+       }\r
+       return n;       \r
+}      \r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+Double_t AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetQuality()\r
+{\r
+  //\r
+  // Calculate chamber quality for seeding.\r
+  // \r
+  //\r
+  // Parameters :\r
+  //   layers : Array of propagation layers for this plane.\r
+  //\r
+  // Output :\r
+  //   plane quality factor for seeding\r
+  // \r
+  // Detailed description\r
+  //\r
+  // The quality of the plane for seeding is higher if:\r
+  //  1. the average timebin population is closer to an integer number\r
+  //  2. the distribution of clusters/timebin is closer to a uniform distribution.\r
+  //    - the slope of the first derivative of a parabolic fit is small or\r
+  //    - the slope of a linear fit is small\r
+  //\r
+\r
+       Int_t ncl   = 0;\r
+       Int_t nused = 0;\r
+       Int_t nClLayer;\r
+       for(int itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){\r
+               if(!(nClLayer = fTB[itb].GetNClusters())) continue;\r
+               ncl += nClLayer;\r
+               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClLayer; incl++){\r
+                       if((fTB[itb].GetCluster(incl))->IsUsed()) nused++;\r
+               }\r
+       }\r
+       \r
+       // calculate the deviation of the mean number of clusters from the\r
+       // closest integer values\r
+       Float_t nclMed = float(ncl-nused)/AliTRDtrackerV1::GetNTimeBins();\r
+       Int_t ncli = Int_t(nclMed);\r
+       Float_t nclDev = TMath::Abs(nclMed - TMath::Max(ncli, 1));\r
+       nclDev -= (nclDev>.5) && ncli ? 1. : 0.;\r
+       return TMath::Exp(-5.*TMath::Abs(nclDev));\r
+\r
+//     // get slope of the derivative\r
+//     if(!fitter.Eval()) return quality;\r
+//     fitter.PrintResults(3);\r
+//     Double_t a = fitter.GetParameter(1);\r
+// \r
+//     printf("ncl_dev(%f)  a(%f)\n", ncl_dev, a);\r
+//     return quality*TMath::Exp(-a);\r
+\r
+}\r
+\r
+\r
+//_______________________________________________________\r
+AliTRDchamberTimeBin *AliTRDtrackingChamber::GetSeedingLayer(AliTRDgeometry *geo)\r
+{\r
+  //\r
+  // Creates a seeding layer\r
+  //\r
+       \r
+       // constants\r
+       const Int_t kMaxRows = 16;\r
+       const Int_t kMaxCols = 144;\r
+       const Int_t kMaxPads = 2304;\r
+               \r
+       // Get the geometrical data of the chamber\r
+       Int_t plane = geo->GetPlane(fDetector);\r
+       Int_t stack = geo->GetChamber(fDetector);\r
+       Int_t sector= geo->GetSector(fDetector);\r
+       AliTRDpadPlane *pp = geo->GetPadPlane(plane, stack);\r
+       Int_t nCols = pp->GetNcols();\r
+       Float_t ymin = TMath::Min(pp->GetCol0(), pp->GetColEnd());\r
+       Float_t ymax = TMath::Max(pp->GetCol0(), pp->GetColEnd());\r
+       Float_t zmin = TMath::Min(pp->GetRow0(), pp->GetRowEnd());\r
+       Float_t zmax = TMath::Max(pp->GetRow0(), pp->GetRowEnd());\r
+       Float_t z0 = -1., zl = -1.;\r
+       Int_t nRows = pp->GetNrows();\r
+       Float_t binlength = (ymax - ymin)/nCols; \r
+       //AliInfo(Form("ymin(%f) ymax(%f) zmin(%f) zmax(%f) nRows(%d) binlength(%f)", ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax, nRows, binlength));\r
+       \r
+       // Fill the histogram\r
+       Int_t nClusters;        \r
+       Int_t *histogram[kMaxRows];                                                                                     // 2D-Histogram\r
+       Int_t hvals[kMaxPads];  memset(hvals, 0, sizeof(Int_t)*kMaxPads);       \r
+       Float_t *sigmas[kMaxRows];\r
+       Float_t svals[kMaxPads];        memset(svals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);     \r
+       AliTRDcluster *c = 0x0;\r
+       for(Int_t irs = 0; irs < kMaxRows; irs++){\r
+               histogram[irs] = &hvals[irs*kMaxCols];\r
+               sigmas[irs] = &svals[irs*kMaxCols];\r
+       }\r
+       for(Int_t iTime = 0; iTime < kNTimeBins; iTime++){\r
+               if(!(nClusters = fTB[iTime].GetNClusters())) continue;\r
+               z0 = fTB[iTime].GetZ0();\r
+               zl = fTB[iTime].GetDZ0();\r
+               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClusters; incl++){\r
+                       c = fTB[iTime].GetCluster(incl);        \r
+                       histogram[c->GetPadRow()][c->GetPadCol()]++;\r
+                       sigmas[c->GetPadRow()][c->GetPadCol()] += c->GetSigmaZ2();\r
+               }\r
+       }\r
+       \r
+// Now I have everything in the histogram, do the selection\r
+       //Int_t nPads = nCols * nRows;\r
+       // This is what we are interested in: The center of gravity of the best candidates\r
+       Float_t cogyvals[kMaxPads]; memset(cogyvals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);\r
+       Float_t cogzvals[kMaxPads]; memset(cogzvals, 0, sizeof(Float_t)*kMaxPads);\r
+       Float_t *cogy[kMaxRows];\r
+       Float_t *cogz[kMaxRows];\r
+       \r
+       // Lookup-Table storing coordinates according to the bins\r
+       Float_t yLengths[kMaxCols];\r
+       Float_t zLengths[kMaxRows];\r
+       for(Int_t icnt = 0; icnt < nCols; icnt++){\r
+               yLengths[icnt] = pp->GetColPos(nCols - 1 - icnt) + binlength/2;\r
+       }\r
+       for(Int_t icnt = 0; icnt < nRows; icnt++){\r
+               zLengths[icnt] = pp->GetRowPos(icnt) - pp->GetRowSize(icnt)/2;\r
+       }\r
+\r
+       // A bitfield is used to mask the pads as usable\r
+       Short_t mask[kMaxCols]; memset(mask, 0 ,sizeof(Short_t) * kMaxCols);//bool mvals[kMaxPads];\r
+       for(UChar_t icount = 0; icount < nRows; icount++){\r
+               cogy[icount] = &cogyvals[icount*kMaxCols];\r
+               cogz[icount] = &cogzvals[icount*kMaxCols];\r
+       }\r
+       // In this array the array position of the best candidates will be stored\r
+       Int_t   cand[AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack];\r
+       Float_t sigcands[AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack];\r
+       \r
+       // helper variables\r
+       Int_t indices[kMaxPads]; memset(indices, -1, sizeof(Int_t)*kMaxPads);\r
+       Int_t nCandidates = 0;\r
+       Float_t norm, cogv;\r
+       // histogram filled -> Select best bins\r
+       Int_t nPads = nCols * nRows;\r
+       TMath::Sort(nPads, hvals, indices);                     // bins storing a 0 should not matter\r
+       // Set Threshold\r
+       Int_t maximum = hvals[indices[0]];      // best\r
+       Int_t threshold = Int_t(maximum * AliTRDReconstructor::RecoParam()->GetFindableClusters());\r
+       Int_t col, row, lower, lower1, upper, upper1;\r
+       for(Int_t ib = 0; ib < nPads; ib++){\r
+               if(nCandidates >= AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack){\r
+                       printf("Number of seed candidates %d exceeded maximum allowed per stack %d", nCandidates, AliTRDtrackerV1::kMaxTracksStack);\r
+                       break;\r
+               }\r
+               // Positions\r
+               row = indices[ib]/nCols;\r
+               col = indices[ib]%nCols;\r
+               // here will be the threshold condition:\r
+               if((mask[col] & (1 << row)) != 0) continue;             // Pad is masked: continue\r
+               if(histogram[row][col] < TMath::Max(threshold, 1)){     // of course at least one cluster is needed\r
+                       break;                  // number of clusters below threshold: break;\r
+               } \r
+               // passing: Mark the neighbors\r
+               lower  = TMath::Max(col - 1, 0); upper  = TMath::Min(col + 2, nCols);\r
+               lower1 = TMath::Max(row - 1, 0); upper1 = TMath::Min(row + 2, nCols);\r
+               for(Int_t ic = lower; ic < upper; ++ic)\r
+                       for(Int_t ir = lower1; ir < upper1; ++ir){\r
+                               if(ic == col && ir == row) continue;\r
+                               mask[ic] |= (1 << ir);\r
+                       }\r
+               // Storing the position in an array\r
+               // testing for neigboring\r
+               cogv = 0;\r
+               norm = 0;\r
+               lower = TMath::Max(col - 1, 0);\r
+               upper = TMath::Min(col + 2, nCols);\r
+               for(Int_t inb = lower; inb < upper; ++inb){\r
+                       cogv += yLengths[inb] * histogram[row][inb];\r
+                       norm += histogram[row][inb];\r
+               }\r
+               cogy[row][col] = cogv / norm;\r
+               cogv = 0; norm = 0;\r
+               lower = TMath::Max(row - 1, 0);\r
+               upper = TMath::Min(row + 2, nRows);\r
+               for(Int_t inb = lower; inb < upper; ++inb){\r
+                       cogv += zLengths[inb] * histogram[inb][col];\r
+                       norm += histogram[inb][col];\r
+               }\r
+               cogz[row][col] = Float_t(cogv) /  norm;\r
+               // passed the filter\r
+               cand[nCandidates] = row*nCols + col;    // store the position of a passig candidate into an Array\r
+               sigcands[nCandidates] = sigmas[row][col] / histogram[row][col]; // never be a floating point exeption\r
+               // Analysis output\r
+               nCandidates++;\r
+       }\r
+       if(!nCandidates) return 0x0;\r
+       \r
+       Float_t pos[3], sig[2];\r
+       Short_t signal[7]; memset(&signal[0], 0, 7*sizeof(Short_t));\r
+       AliTRDchamberTimeBin *fakeLayer = new AliTRDchamberTimeBin(plane, stack, sector, z0, zl);\r
+       AliTRDcluster *cluster = 0x0;\r
+       if(nCandidates){\r
+               UInt_t fakeIndex = 0;\r
+               for(Int_t ican = 0; ican < nCandidates; ican++){\r
+                       row = cand[ican] / nCols;\r
+                       col = cand[ican] % nCols;\r
+                       //temporary\r
+                       Int_t n = 0; Double_t x = 0., y = 0., z = 0.;\r
+                       for(int itb=0; itb<kNTimeBins; itb++){\r
+                               if(!(nClusters = fTB[itb].GetNClusters())) continue;\r
+                               for(Int_t incl = 0; incl < nClusters; incl++){\r
+                                       c = fTB[itb].GetCluster(incl);  \r
+                                       if(c->GetPadRow() != row) continue;\r
+                                       if(TMath::Abs(c->GetPadCol() - col) > 2) continue;\r
+                                       x += c->GetX();\r
+                                       y += c->GetY();\r
+                                       z += c->GetZ();\r
+                                       n++;\r
+                               }\r
+                       }\r
+                       pos[0] = x/n;\r
+                       pos[1] = y/n;\r
+                       pos[2] = z/n;\r
+                       sig[0] = .02;\r
+                       sig[1] = sigcands[ican];\r
+                       cluster = new AliTRDcluster(fDetector, 0., pos, sig, 0x0, 3, signal, col, row, 0, 0, 0., 0);\r
+                       fakeLayer->InsertCluster(cluster, fakeIndex++);\r
+               }\r
+       }\r
+       fakeLayer->SetNRows(nRows);\r
+       fakeLayer->SetOwner();\r
+       fakeLayer->BuildIndices();\r
+       //fakeLayer->PrintClusters();\r
+       \r
+       if(AliTRDReconstructor::RecoParam()->GetStreamLevel() >= 3){\r
+               //TMatrixD hist(nRows, nCols);\r
+               //for(Int_t i = 0; i < nRows; i++)\r
+               //      for(Int_t j = 0; j < nCols; j++)\r
+               //              hist(i,j) = histogram[i][j];\r
+               TTreeSRedirector &cstreamer = *AliTRDtrackerV1::DebugStreamer();\r
+               cstreamer << "GetSeedingLayer"\r
+               << "plane="      << plane\r
+               << "ymin="       << ymin\r
+               << "ymax="       << ymax\r
+               << "zmin="       << zmin\r
+               << "zmax="       << zmax\r
+               << "L.="         << fakeLayer\r
+               //<< "Histogram.=" << &hist\r
+               << "\n";\r
+       }\r
+       \r
+       return fakeLayer;\r
+}\r
+\r