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+#ifndef ABSOCONST_H
+#define ABSOCONST_H
+
+/* Copyright(c) 1998-1999, ALICE Experiment at CERN, All rights reserved. */
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+// start of 2deg cone
+ const Float_t zTwoDeg = 117.40864;
+// start of the absorber
+ const Float_t zAbsStart = 90.;
+// end of the W-nose
+ const Float_t zNose = 102.;
+// end of the 5deg line below the TPC field cage
+ const Float_t zConeTPC = 285.;
+// start of concrete absorber
+ const Float_t zAbsCc = 315.;
+
+// max acceptance angle
+ const Float_t accMax = 10.*kDegrad;
+// angle of nose
+ const Float_t theta1 = 24.*kDegrad;
+// angle of second outer cone below field cage
+ const Float_t theta2 = 5. *kDegrad;
+// outer angler of W rear shield
+ const Float_t thetaR = 3. *kDegrad;
+//
+// thicknesses defining the absorber
+// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+// steel envelope
+ const Float_t dSteel = 1.;
+// poly-ethylene layer
+ const Float_t dPoly = 5.0;
+
+
+
+
+#endif