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@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@ ClassImp(AliTRDtrackerV1)
 ClassImp(AliTRDtrackerV1::AliTRDLeastSquare)
 ClassImp(AliTRDtrackerV1::AliTRDtrackFitterRieman)
 
-const  Float_t  AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkMinClustersInTrack =  0.5;  //
-const  Float_t  AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkLabelFraction      =  0.8;  //
-const  Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkMaxChi2            = 12.0;  //
-const  Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkMaxSnp             =  0.95; // Maximum local sine of the azimuthal angle
-const  Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkMaxStep            =  2.0;  // Maximal step size in propagation 
+AliTRDtrackerV1::ETRDtrackerV1BetheBloch AliTRDtrackerV1::fgBB = AliTRDtrackerV1::kGeant;
 Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgTopologicQA[kNConfigs] = {
   0.5112, 0.5112, 0.5112, 0.0786, 0.0786,
   0.0786, 0.0786, 0.0579, 0.0579, 0.0474,
@@ -73,6 +69,8 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgTopologicQA[kNConfigs] = {
 };  
 const Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgkX0[kNPlanes]    = {
   300.2, 312.8, 325.4, 338.0, 350.6, 363.2};
+// Number of Time Bins/chamber should be also stored independently by the traker
+// (also in AliTRDReconstructor) in oder to be able to run HLT. Fix TODO
 Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::fgNTimeBins = 0;
 AliRieman* AliTRDtrackerV1::fgRieman = NULL;
 TLinearFitter* AliTRDtrackerV1::fgTiltedRieman = NULL;
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ AliTRDtrackerV1::AliTRDtrackerV1(AliTRDReconstructor *rec)
   ,fTracks(NULL)
   ,fTracksESD(NULL)
   ,fSieveSeeding(0)
+  ,fEventInFile(-1)
 {
   //
   // Default constructor.
@@ -276,12 +275,11 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateBack(AliESDEvent *event)
   }
   AliTRDCalibraFillHisto *calibra = AliTRDCalibraFillHisto::Instance(); // Calibration monitor
   if (!calibra) AliInfo("Could not get Calibra instance");
-
-  printf("TB[%d] new TB[%d]\n", fgNTimeBins, fkReconstructor->GetNTimeBins());
   if (!fgNTimeBins) fgNTimeBins = fkReconstructor->GetNTimeBins(); 
 
   // Define scalers
   Int_t nFound   = 0, // number of tracks found
+        nBacked  = 0, // number of tracks backed up for refit
         nSeeds   = 0, // total number of ESD seeds
         nTRDseeds= 0, // number of seeds in the TRD acceptance
         nTPCseeds= 0; // number of TPC seeds
@@ -289,12 +287,13 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateBack(AliESDEvent *event)
   
   Float_t *quality = NULL;
   Int_t   *index   = NULL;
+  fEventInFile  = event->GetEventNumberInFile();
   nSeeds   = event->GetNumberOfTracks();
   // Sort tracks according to quality 
   // (covariance in the yz plane)
   if(nSeeds){  
     quality = new Float_t[nSeeds];
-    index   = new Int_t[nSeeds];
+    index   = new Int_t[4*nSeeds];
     for (Int_t iSeed = nSeeds; iSeed--;) {
       AliESDtrack *seed = event->GetTrack(iSeed);
       Double_t covariance[15];
@@ -319,8 +318,9 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateBack(AliESDEvent *event)
     if ((status & AliESDtrack::kTRDout) != 0) continue;
 
     // Propagate to the entrance in the TRD mother volume
+    track.~AliTRDtrackV1();
     new(&track) AliTRDtrackV1(*seed);
-    if(AliTRDgeometry::GetXtrdBeg() > (fgkMaxStep + track.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(track, AliTRDgeometry::GetXtrdBeg(), fgkMaxStep)){ 
+    if(AliTRDgeometry::GetXtrdBeg() > (AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() + track.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(track, AliTRDgeometry::GetXtrdBeg(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())){
       seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
       continue;
     }    
@@ -328,22 +328,22 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateBack(AliESDEvent *event)
       seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
       continue;
     }
-    if(TMath::Abs(track.GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp) {
+    if(TMath::Abs(track.GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()) {
       seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
       continue;
     }
-
     nTPCseeds++;
-
+    AliDebug(2, Form("TRD propagate TPC seed[%d] = %d.", iSeed, index[iSeed]));
     // store track status at TRD entrance
     seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
 
     // prepare track and do propagation in the TRD
     track.SetReconstructor(fkReconstructor);
     track.SetKink(Bool_t(seed->GetKinkIndex(0)));
+    track.SetPrimary(status & AliESDtrack::kTPCin);
     expectedClr = FollowBackProlongation(track);
     // check if track entered the TRD fiducial volume
-    if(track.GetTrackLow()){ 
+    if(track.GetTrackIn()){ 
       seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDin);
       nTRDseeds++;
     }
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateBack(AliESDEvent *event)
       // update calibration references using this track
       if(calibra->GetHisto2d()) calibra->UpdateHistogramsV1(&track);
       // save calibration object
-      if (fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 0 &&
-fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){ 
+      if (fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 0) { 
         AliTRDtrackV1 *calibTrack = new AliTRDtrackV1(track);
         calibTrack->SetOwner();
         seed->AddCalibObject(calibTrack);
@@ -376,7 +375,7 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
       // Make backup for back propagation
       Int_t foundClr = track.GetNumberOfClusters();
       if (foundClr >= foundMin) {
-        track.CookLabel(1. - fgkLabelFraction);
+        track.CookLabel(1. - AliTRDReconstructor::GetLabelFraction());
         //if(track.GetBackupTrack()) UseClusters(track.GetBackupTrack());
 
         // Sign only gold tracks
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
         // Full gold track
         if (track.GetChi2() / track.GetNumberOfClusters() < 5) {
           if (track.GetBackupTrack()) seed->UpdateTrackParams(track.GetBackupTrack(),AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
-
+          nBacked++;
           isGold = kTRUE;
         }
   
@@ -396,13 +395,14 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
         if ((!isGold)  && (track.GetNCross() == 0) &&  (track.GetChi2() / track.GetNumberOfClusters()  < 7)) {
           //seed->UpdateTrackParams(track, AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
           if (track.GetBackupTrack()) seed->UpdateTrackParams(track.GetBackupTrack(),AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
-  
+          nBacked++;
           isGold = kTRUE;
         }
         
         if ((!isGold) && (track.GetBackupTrack())) {
           if ((track.GetBackupTrack()->GetNumberOfClusters() > foundMin) && ((track.GetBackupTrack()->GetChi2()/(track.GetBackupTrack()->GetNumberOfClusters()+1)) < 7)) {
             seed->UpdateTrackParams(track.GetBackupTrack(),AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
+            nBacked++;
             isGold = kTRUE;
           }
         }
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
           xtof = TMath::Sqrt(glob[0]*glob[0]+glob[1]*glob[1]);
         }
       }
-      if(xtof > (fgkMaxStep + track.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(track, xtof, fgkMaxStep)){ 
+      if(xtof > (AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() + track.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(track, xtof, AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())){
         seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
         continue;
       }
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
         seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
         continue;
       }
-      if(TMath::Abs(track.GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp){ 
+      if(TMath::Abs(track.GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()){
         seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDStop);
         continue;
       }
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){
   if(quality) delete [] quality;
 
   AliInfo(Form("Number of seeds: TPCout[%d] TRDin[%d]", nTPCseeds, nTRDseeds));
-  AliInfo(Form("Number of tracks: TRDout[%d]", nFound));
+  AliInfo(Form("Number of tracks: TRDout[%d] TRDbackup[%d]", nFound, nBacked));
 
   // run stand alone tracking
   if (fkReconstructor->IsSeeding()) Clusters2Tracks(event);
@@ -503,28 +503,28 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::RefitInward(AliESDEvent *event)
     Bool_t kUPDATE = kFALSE;
     Double_t xTPC = 250.0;
     if(FollowProlongation(track)){     
-      // Prolongate to TPC
-      if (PropagateToX(track, xTPC, fgkMaxStep)) { //  -with update
-        seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDrefit);
-        found++;
-        kUPDATE = kTRUE;
-      }
-
       // Update the friend track
-      if (fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 0 && fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(track.Pt())){ 
+      if (fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 0){ 
         TObject *o = NULL; Int_t ic = 0;
         AliTRDtrackV1 *calibTrack = NULL; 
         while((o = seed->GetCalibObject(ic++))){
           if(!(calibTrack = dynamic_cast<AliTRDtrackV1*>(o))) continue;
-          calibTrack->SetTrackHigh(track.GetTrackHigh());
+          calibTrack->SetTrackOut(&track);
         }
       }
+
+      // Prolongate to TPC
+      if (PropagateToX(track, xTPC, AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) { //  -with update
+        seed->UpdateTrackParams(&track, AliESDtrack::kTRDrefit);
+        found++;
+        kUPDATE = kTRUE;
+      }
     }
     
     // Prolongate to TPC without update
     if(!kUPDATE) {
       AliTRDtrackV1 tt(*seed);
-      if (PropagateToX(tt, xTPC, fgkMaxStep)) seed->UpdateTrackParams(&tt, AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
+      if (PropagateToX(tt, xTPC, AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) seed->UpdateTrackParams(&tt, AliESDtrack::kTRDbackup);
     }
   }
   AliInfo(Form("Number of seeds: TRDout[%d]", nseed));
@@ -560,7 +560,6 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
   // Debug level 2
   //
   
-  Bool_t kStoreIn = kTRUE;
   Int_t    nClustersExpected = 0;
   for (Int_t iplane = kNPlanes; iplane--;) {
     Int_t   index(-1);
@@ -573,12 +572,12 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
     }
     Double_t x  = tracklet->GetX();//GetX0();
     // reject tracklets which are not considered for inward refit
-    if(x > t.GetX()+fgkMaxStep) continue;
+    if(x > t.GetX()+AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep()) continue;
 
     // append tracklet to track
     t.SetTracklet(tracklet, index);
     
-    if (x < (t.GetX()-fgkMaxStep) && !PropagateToX(t, x+fgkMaxStep, fgkMaxStep)) break;
+    if (x < (t.GetX()-AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep()) && !PropagateToX(t, x+AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) break;
     if (!AdjustSector(&t)) break;
     
     // Start global position
@@ -609,15 +608,14 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       t.PropagateTo(x, xx0, xrho);
       if (!AdjustSector(&t)) break;
     }
-    if(kStoreIn){
-      t.SetTrackHigh(); 
-      kStoreIn = kFALSE;
-    }
 
     Double_t cov[3]; tracklet->GetCovAt(x, cov);
     Double_t p[2] = { tracklet->GetY(), tracklet->GetZ()};
     Double_t chi2 = ((AliExternalTrackParam)t).GetPredictedChi2(p, cov);
-    if (chi2 < 1e+10 && t.Update(p, cov, chi2)){ 
+    if (chi2 < 1e+10 && ((AliExternalTrackParam&)t).Update(p, cov)){ 
+      // Register info to track
+      t.SetNumberOfClusters();
+      t.UpdateChi2(chi2);
       nClustersExpected += tracklet->GetN();
     }
   }
@@ -695,22 +693,43 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
   Int_t debugLevel = fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming() ? fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) : 0;
   TTreeSRedirector *cstreamer = fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming() ? fkReconstructor->GetDebugStream(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) : 0x0;
 
+  Bool_t kStoreIn(kTRUE),     // toggel store track params. at TRD entry
+         kStandAlone(kFALSE), // toggle tracker awarness of stand alone seeding 
+         kUseTRD(fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(t.Pt()));// use TRD measurment to update Kalman
+
+  Int_t startLayer(0);
   AliTRDseedV1 tracklet, *ptrTracklet = NULL;
-  // in case of stand alone tracking we store all the pointers to the tracklets in a temporary array
+  // Special case for stand alone tracking
+  // - store all tracklets found by seeding
+  // - start propagation from first tracklet found
   AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets[kNPlanes];
   memset(tracklets, 0, sizeof(AliTRDseedV1 *) * kNPlanes);
-  for(Int_t ip = 0; ip < kNPlanes; ip++){
-    tracklets[ip] = t.GetTracklet(ip);
+  for(Int_t ip(kNPlanes); ip--;){
+    if(!(tracklets[ip] = t.GetTracklet(ip))) continue;
     t.UnsetTracklet(ip);
+    if(tracklets[ip]->IsOK()) startLayer=ip;
+    kStandAlone = kTRUE;
+    kUseTRD = kTRUE;
   } 
-  Bool_t kStoreIn(kTRUE),    //
-         kPropagateIn(kTRUE),//
-         kUseTRD(fkRecoParam->IsOverPtThreshold(t.Pt()));// use TRD measurment to update Kalman
+  AliDebug(4, Form("SA[%c] Start[%d]\n"
+    "  [0]idx[%d] traklet[%p]\n"
+    "  [1]idx[%d] traklet[%p]\n"
+    "  [2]idx[%d] traklet[%p]\n"
+    "  [3]idx[%d] traklet[%p]\n"
+    "  [4]idx[%d] traklet[%p]\n"
+    "  [5]idx[%d] traklet[%p]"
+    , kStandAlone?'y':'n', startLayer
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(0), (void*)tracklets[0]
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(1), (void*)tracklets[1]
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(2), (void*)tracklets[2]
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(3), (void*)tracklets[3]
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(4), (void*)tracklets[4]
+    , t.GetTrackletIndex(5), (void*)tracklets[5]));
 
   // Loop through the TRD layers
   TGeoHMatrix *matrix = NULL;
-  Double_t x, y, z;
-  for (Int_t ily=0, sm=-1, stk=-1, det=-1; ily < AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; ily++) {
+  Double_t x(0.), y(0.), z(0.);
+  for (Int_t ily=startLayer, sm=-1, stk=-1, det=-1; ily < AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; ily++) {
     AliDebug(2, Form("Propagate to x[%d] = %7.2f", ily, fR[ily]));
 
     // rough estimate of the entry point
@@ -727,7 +746,6 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
     stk = fGeom->GetStack(z, ily);
     det = stk>=0 ? AliTRDgeometry::GetDetector(ily, stk, sm) : -1;
     matrix = det>=0 ? fGeom->GetClusterMatrix(det) : NULL;
-    AliDebug(3, Form("Propagate to det[%3d]", det));
 
     // check if supermodule/chamber is installed
     if( !fGeom->GetSMstatus(sm) ||
@@ -736,7 +754,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         !matrix ){ 
       AliDebug(4, Form("Missing Geometry ly[%d]. Guess radial position", ily));
       // propagate to the default radial position
-      if(fR[ily] > (fgkMaxStep + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, fR[ily], fgkMaxStep)){
+      if(fR[ily] > (AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, fR[ily], AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())){
         n=-1; 
         t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kPropagation);
         AliDebug(4, "Failed Propagation [Missing Geometry]");
@@ -748,7 +766,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         AliDebug(4, "Failed Adjust Sector [Missing Geometry]");
         break;
       }
-      if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp){
+      if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()){
         n=-1; 
         t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kSnp);
         AliDebug(4, "Failed Max Snp [Missing Geometry]");
@@ -762,10 +780,11 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
     Double_t loc[] = {AliTRDgeometry::AnodePos()- driftLength, 0., 0.};
     Double_t glb[] = {0., 0., 0.};
     matrix->LocalToMaster(loc, glb);
+    AliDebug(3, Form("Propagate to det[%3d] x_anode[%7.2f] (%f %f)", det, glb[0]+driftLength, glb[1], glb[2]));
 
     // Propagate to the radial distance of the current layer
-    x = glb[0] - fgkMaxStep;
-    if(x > (fgkMaxStep + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, x, fgkMaxStep)){
+    x = glb[0] - AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep();
+    if(x > (AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, x, AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())){
       n=-1; 
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kPropagation);
       AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Initial Propagation to x[%7.2f]", x));
@@ -777,10 +796,10 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       AliDebug(4, "Failed Adjust Sector Start");
       break;
     }
-    if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp) {
+    if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()) {
       n=-1; 
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kSnp);
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Max Snp[%f] MaxSnp[%f]", t.GetSnp(), fgkMaxSnp));
+      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Max Snp[%f] MaxSnp[%f]", t.GetSnp(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()));
       break;
     }
     Bool_t doRecalculate = kFALSE;
@@ -800,14 +819,14 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         continue;
       }
       matrix->LocalToMaster(loc, glb);
-      x = glb[0] - fgkMaxStep;
+      x = glb[0] - AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep();
     }
 
     // check if track is well inside fiducial volume 
-    if (!t.GetProlongation(x+fgkMaxStep, y, z)) {
+    if (!t.GetProlongation(x+AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep(), y, z)) {
       n=-1; 
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kProlongation);
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Prolongation to x[%7.2f] y[%7.2f] z[%7.2f]", x+fgkMaxStep, y, z));
+      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Prolongation to x[%7.2f] y[%7.2f] z[%7.2f]", x+AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep(), y, z));
       break;
     }
     if(fGeom->IsOnBoundary(det, y, z, .5)){ 
@@ -815,11 +834,6 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       AliDebug(4, "Failed Track on Boundary");
       continue;
     }
-    // mark track as entering the FIDUCIAL volume of TRD
-    if(kStoreIn){
-      t.SetTrackLow(); 
-      kStoreIn = kFALSE;
-    }
 
     ptrTracklet  = tracklets[ily];
     if(!ptrTracklet){ // BUILD TRACKLET
@@ -848,23 +862,25 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         continue;
       }      
       // build tracklet
+      tracklet.~AliTRDseedV1();
       ptrTracklet = new(&tracklet) AliTRDseedV1(det);
       ptrTracklet->SetReconstructor(fkReconstructor);
       ptrTracklet->SetKink(t.IsKink());
+      ptrTracklet->SetPrimary(t.IsPrimary());
       ptrTracklet->SetPadPlane(fGeom->GetPadPlane(ily, stk));
       ptrTracklet->SetX0(glb[0]+driftLength);
-      if(!tracklet.Init(&t)){
+      if(!ptrTracklet->Init(&t)){
         n=-1; 
         t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kTrackletInit);
         AliDebug(4, "Failed Tracklet Init");
         break;
       }
-      if(!tracklet.AttachClusters(chamber, kTRUE)){   
+      if(!ptrTracklet->AttachClusters(chamber, kTRUE, t.Charge()>0?kTRUE:kFALSE, fEventInFile)){
         t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kNoAttach, ily);
         if(debugLevel>3){
           AliTRDseedV1 trackletCp(*ptrTracklet);
           UChar_t status(t.GetStatusTRD(ily));
-          (*cstreamer)   << "FollowBackProlongation2"
+          (*cstreamer)   << "FollowBackProlongation4"
           <<"status="    << status
           <<"tracklet.=" << &trackletCp
           << "\n";
@@ -872,13 +888,13 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         AliDebug(4, "Failed Attach Clusters");
         continue;
       }
-      AliDebug(3, Form("Number of Clusters in Tracklet: %d", tracklet.GetN()));
-      if(tracklet.GetN() < fgNTimeBins*fkRecoParam ->GetFindableClusters()){
+      AliDebug(3, Form("Number of Clusters in Tracklet: %d", ptrTracklet->GetN()));
+      if(ptrTracklet->GetN() < fgNTimeBins*fkRecoParam->GetFindableClusters()){
         t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kNoClustersTracklet, ily);
         if(debugLevel>3){
           AliTRDseedV1 trackletCp(*ptrTracklet);
           UChar_t status(t.GetStatusTRD(ily));
-          (*cstreamer)   << "FollowBackProlongation2"
+          (*cstreamer)   << "FollowBackProlongation4"
           <<"status="    << status
           <<"tracklet.=" << &trackletCp
           << "\n";
@@ -889,15 +905,18 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       ptrTracklet->UpdateUsed();
     } else AliDebug(2, Form("Use external tracklet ly[%d]", ily));
     // propagate track to the radial position of the tracklet
-    ptrTracklet->UseClusters(); // TODO ? do we need this here ?
-    // fit tracklet no tilt correction
-    if(!ptrTracklet->Fit(kFALSE)){
+
+    // fit tracklet 
+    // tilt correction options
+    // 0 : no correction
+    // 2 : pseudo tilt correction
+    if(!ptrTracklet->FitRobust(t.Charge()>0?kTRUE:kFALSE)){
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kNoFit, ily);
       AliDebug(4, "Failed Tracklet Fit");
       continue;
     } 
     x = ptrTracklet->GetX(); //GetX0();
-    if(x > (fgkMaxStep + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, x, fgkMaxStep)) {
+    if(x > (AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() + t.GetX()) && !PropagateToX(t, x, AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) {
       n=-1; 
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kPropagation);
       AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Propagation to Tracklet x[%7.2f]", x));
@@ -909,16 +928,12 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       AliDebug(4, "Failed Adjust Sector");
       break;
     }
-    if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp) {
+    if(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()) {
       n=-1; 
       t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kSnp);
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Max Snp[%f] MaxSnp[%f]", t.GetSnp(), fgkMaxSnp));
+      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Max Snp[%f] MaxSnp[%f]", t.GetSnp(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()));
       break;
     }
-    if(kPropagateIn){
-      t.SetTrackLow(); 
-      kPropagateIn = kFALSE;
-    }
     Double_t cov[3]; ptrTracklet->GetCovAt(x, cov);
     Double_t p[2] = { ptrTracklet->GetY(), ptrTracklet->GetZ()};
     Double_t chi2 = ((AliExternalTrackParam)t).GetPredictedChi2(p, cov);
@@ -930,7 +945,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
         AliTRDseedV1  trackletCp(*ptrTracklet);
         AliTRDtrackV1 trackCp(t);
         trackCp.SetOwner();
-        (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation1"
+        (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation3"
             << "status="      << status
             << "tracklet.="   << &trackletCp
             << "track.="      << &trackCp
@@ -939,32 +954,44 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
       AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Chi2[%f]", chi2));
       continue; 
     }
-    if(!t.Update(p, cov, chi2, kUseTRD)) {
-      n=-1; 
-      t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kUpdate);
-      if(debugLevel > 2){
-        UChar_t status(t.GetStatusTRD());
-        AliTRDseedV1  trackletCp(*ptrTracklet);
-        AliTRDtrackV1 trackCp(t);
-        trackCp.SetOwner();
-        (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation1"
-            << "status="      << status
-            << "tracklet.="   << &trackletCp
-            << "track.="      << &trackCp
-            << "\n";
+    // mark track as entering the FIDUCIAL volume of TRD
+    if(kStoreIn){
+      t.SetTrackIn();
+      kStoreIn = kFALSE;
+    }
+    if(kUseTRD){
+      if(!((AliExternalTrackParam&)t).Update(p, cov)) {
+        n=-1; 
+        t.SetStatus(AliTRDtrackV1::kUpdate);
+        if(debugLevel > 2){
+          UChar_t status(t.GetStatusTRD());
+          AliTRDseedV1  trackletCp(*ptrTracklet);
+          AliTRDtrackV1 trackCp(t);
+          trackCp.SetOwner();
+          (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation3"
+              << "status="      << status
+              << "tracklet.="   << &trackletCp
+              << "track.="      << &trackCp
+              << "\n";
+        }
+        AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Track Update @ y[%7.2f] z[%7.2f] s2y[%f] s2z[%f] covyz[%f]", p[0], p[1], cov[0], cov[2], cov[1]));
+        break;
       }
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Failed Track Update @ y[%7.2f] z[%7.2f] s2y[%f] s2z[%f] covyz[%f]", p[0], p[1], cov[0], cov[2], cov[1]));
-      break;
     }
+    if(!kStandAlone) ptrTracklet->UseClusters();
     // fill residuals ?!
     AliTracker::FillResiduals(&t, p, cov, ptrTracklet->GetVolumeId());
   
 
-    // load tracklet to the tracker
+    // register tracklet with the tracker and track
     ptrTracklet->Update(&t);
     ptrTracklet = SetTracklet(ptrTracklet);
     Int_t index(fTracklets->GetEntriesFast()-1);
     t.SetTracklet(ptrTracklet, index);
+    // Register info to track
+    t.SetNumberOfClusters();
+    t.UpdateChi2(chi2);
+
     n += ptrTracklet->GetN();
     AliDebug(2, Form("Setting Tracklet[%d] @ Idx[%d]", ily, index));
 
@@ -972,43 +999,19 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation(AliTRDtrackV1 &t)
 //     if(ilayer>0 && t.GetTracklet(ilayer-1) && ptrTracklet->GetN() + t.GetTracklet(ilayer-1)->GetN() > 20) t.SetBudget(2, 0.);
 
     // Make backup of the track until is gold
-    // TO DO update quality check of the track.
-    // consider comparison with fTimeBinsRange
-    Float_t ratio0 = ptrTracklet->GetN() / Float_t(fgNTimeBins);
-    //Float_t ratio1 = Float_t(t.GetNumberOfClusters()+1) / Float_t(t.GetNExpected()+1);       
-    
-    if( (chi2                    <  18.0) &&  
-        (ratio0                  >   0.8) && 
-        //(ratio1                  >   0.6) && 
-        //(ratio0+ratio1           >   1.5) && 
-        (t.GetNCross()           ==    0) && 
-        (TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp())  <  0.85) &&
-        (t.GetNumberOfClusters() >    20)){
-      t.MakeBackupTrack();
-    } else AliDebug(2, Form("Failed backup : \n"
-        "chi2 < 18.0                [%c] chi2=%f\n"
-        "ratio0 > 0.8               [%c] ratio=%f\n"
-        "t.GetNCross()==0           [%c] crosses=%d\n"
-        "Abs(t.GetSnp())<0.85       [%c] snp=%f\n"
-        "t.GetNumberOfClusters()>20 [%c] ncls=%d"
-        ,(chi2<18.0)?'y':'n', chi2
-        ,(ratio0>0.8)?'y':'n', ratio0
-        ,(t.GetNCross()==0)?'y':'n', t.GetNCross()
-        ,(TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp())<0.85)?'y':'n', TMath::Abs(t.GetSnp())
-        ,(t.GetNumberOfClusters()>20)?'y':'n', t.GetNumberOfClusters()
-      ));
+    Int_t failed(0);
+    if(!kStandAlone && (failed = t.MakeBackupTrack())) AliDebug(2, Form("Failed backup on cut[%d]", failed));
 
   } // end layers loop
   //printf("clusters[%d] chi2[%f] x[%f] status[%d ", n, t.GetChi2(), t.GetX(), t.GetStatusTRD());
   //for(int i=0; i<6; i++) printf("%d ", t.GetStatusTRD(i)); printf("]\n");
 
-  if(debugLevel > 1){
-    Int_t eventNumber = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetEventNumber();
+  if(n && debugLevel > 1){
+    //Int_t eventNumber = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetEventNumber();
     AliTRDtrackV1 track(t);
     track.SetOwner();
-    (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation0"
-        << "EventNumber=" << eventNumber
-        << "ncl="         << n
+    (*cstreamer) << "FollowBackProlongation2"
+        << "EventNumber=" << fEventInFile
         << "track.="      << &track
         << "\n";
   }
@@ -1130,7 +1133,7 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Doub
     if(!tracklets[ilr].IsOK()) continue;
     for(Int_t itb = 0; itb < AliTRDseedV1::kNclusters; itb++){
       if(!tracklets[ilr].IsUsable(itb)) continue;
-      cl = tracklets[ilr].GetClusters(itb);
+      if(!(cl = tracklets[ilr].GetClusters(itb))) continue;
       if(!cl->IsInChamber()) continue;
       x = cl->GetX();
       y = cl->GetY();
@@ -1155,7 +1158,9 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Doub
 
   Float_t chi2track = fitter->GetChisquare()/Double_t(nPoints);
   for(Int_t ip = 0; ip < AliTRDtrackerV1::kNPlanes; ip++)
-    tracklets[ip].SetC(curvature);
+    tracklets[ip].SetC(curvature, 1);
+
+  if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>3) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRiemanConstraint: Chi2[%f] C[%5.2e] pt[%8.3f]\n", chi2track, curvature, GetBz()*kB2C/curvature);
 
 /*  if(fkReconstructor->GetRecoParam()->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker()) >= 5){
     //Linear Model on z-direction
@@ -1261,7 +1266,7 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRieman(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Bool_t sigErro
       nPoints++;
     }
   }
-  fitter->Eval();
+  if (fitter->Eval()) return 1.e10;
   zfitter.Eval();
 
   Double_t offset = fitter->GetParameter(3);
@@ -1294,8 +1299,7 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRieman(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Bool_t sigErro
   Double_t b     =  fitter->GetParameter(1);
   Double_t c     =  fitter->GetParameter(2);
   Double_t curvature =  1.0 + b*b - c*a;
-  if (curvature > 0.0) 
-    curvature  =  a / TMath::Sqrt(curvature);
+  if (curvature > 0.0) curvature  =  a / TMath::Sqrt(curvature);
 
   Double_t chi2track = fitter->GetChisquare()/Double_t(nPoints);
 
@@ -1376,6 +1380,7 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRieman(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Bool_t sigErro
     tracklets[iLayer].SetCovRef(cov);
     tracklets[iLayer].SetChi2(chi2track);
   }
+  if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>3) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRieman: Chi2[%f] C[%5.2e] pt[%8.3f]\n", chi2track, curvature, GetBz()*kB2C/curvature);
   
 /*  if(fkReconstructor->GetRecoParam()->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) >=5){
     TTreeSRedirector &cstreamer = *fkReconstructor->GetDebugStream(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker);
@@ -1536,8 +1541,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt(const AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1
   }
 
   Double_t xref = CalculateReferenceX(tracklets);
-  AliDebugGeneral("AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt()", 4, 
-  Form("\nx0[(0)%6.2f (1)%6.2f (2)%6.2f (3)%6.2f (4)%6.2f (5)%6.2f] xref[%6.2f]", tracklets[0].GetX0(), tracklets[1].GetX0(), tracklets[2].GetX0(), tracklets[3].GetX0(), tracklets[4].GetX0(), tracklets[5].GetX0(), xref));
+  if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>3) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt:\nx0[(0)%6.2f (1)%6.2f (2)%6.2f (3)%6.2f (4)%6.2f (5)%6.2f] xref[%6.2f]", tracklets[0].GetX0(), tracklets[1].GetX0(), tracklets[2].GetX0(), tracklets[3].GetX0(), tracklets[4].GetX0(), tracklets[5].GetX0(), xref);
   Double_t x, y, z, t, tilt, dx, w, we;
   Double_t uvt[4];
   Int_t nPoints = 0;
@@ -1610,8 +1614,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt(const AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1
 
   // Calculate chi2 of the fit 
   Double_t chi2 = fitter->GetChisquare()/Double_t(nPoints);
-  AliDebugGeneral("AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt()", 4, 
-  Form("x0[%6.2f] y0[%6.2f] R[%6.2f] chi2[%f]\n", x0, y0, radius, chi2));
+  if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>3) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::FitRiemanTilt:x0[%6.2f] y0[%6.2f] R[%6.2f] chi2[%f]\n", x0, y0, radius, chi2);
 
   // Update the tracklets
   if(!track){
@@ -1667,7 +1670,8 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
   //if(points) printf("First marker point @ x[%d] = %f\n", ip, points[ip].GetX());
 
 
-  AliTRDseedV1 tracklet, *ptrTracklet = NULL;
+  AliTRDseedV1 tracklet;
+  AliTRDseedV1 *ptrTracklet = NULL;
 
   //Loop through the TRD planes
   for (Int_t jplane = 0; jplane < kNPlanes; jplane++) {
@@ -1690,8 +1694,8 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
 
     while(ip < np){
       //don't do anything if next marker is after next update point.
-      if((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - x) - fgkMaxStep < 0) break;
-      if(((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - track->GetX()) < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, points[ip].GetX(), fgkMaxStep)) return -1.;
+      if((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - x) - AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() < 0) break;
+      if(((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - track->GetX()) < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, points[ip].GetX(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) return -1.;
       
       Double_t xyz[3]; // should also get the covariance
       track->GetXYZ(xyz);
@@ -1702,10 +1706,10 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
     // printf("plane[%d] tracklet[%p] x[%f]\n", iplane, ptrTracklet, x);
 
     // Propagate closer to the next update point 
-    if(((up?-1:1) * (x - track->GetX()) + fgkMaxStep < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, x + (up?-1:1)*fgkMaxStep, fgkMaxStep)) return -1.;
+    if(((up?-1:1) * (x - track->GetX()) + AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep() < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, x + (up?-1:1)*AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) return -1.;
 
     if(!AdjustSector(track)) return -1;
-    if(TMath::Abs(track->GetSnp()) > fgkMaxSnp) return -1;
+    if(TMath::Abs(track->GetSnp()) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxSnp()) return -1;
     
     //load tracklet to the tracker and the track
 /*    Int_t index;
@@ -1745,7 +1749,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
     Double_t cov[3]; ptrTracklet->GetCovAt(x, cov);
     Double_t p[2] = { ptrTracklet->GetY(), ptrTracklet->GetZ()};
     Double_t chi2 = ((AliExternalTrackParam*)track)->GetPredictedChi2(p, cov);
-    if(chi2<1e+10) track->Update(p, cov, chi2);
+    if(chi2<1e+10) ((AliExternalTrackParam*)track)->Update(p, cov);
     if(!up) continue;
 
                //Reset material budget if 2 consecutive gold
@@ -1754,7 +1758,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
 
   // extrapolation
   while(ip < np){
-    if(((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - track->GetX()) < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, points[ip].GetX(), fgkMaxStep)) return -1.;
+    if(((up?-1:1) * (points[ip].GetX() - track->GetX()) < 0) && !PropagateToX(*track, points[ip].GetX(), AliTRDReconstructor::GetMaxStep())) return -1.;
     
     Double_t xyz[3]; // should also get the covariance
     track->GetXYZ(xyz); 
@@ -1767,7 +1771,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitKalman(AliTRDtrackV1 *track, AliTRDseedV1 * const t
 }
 
 //_________________________________________________________________________
-Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateChi2Z(AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Double_t offset, Double_t slope, Double_t xref)
+Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateChi2Z(const AliTRDseedV1 *tracklets, Double_t offset, Double_t slope, Double_t xref)
 {
   //
   // Calculates the chi2-value of the track in z-Direction including tilting pad correction.
@@ -1799,16 +1803,15 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateToX(AliTRDtrackV1 &t, Double_t xToGo, Double_t m
   // Returns 1 if track reaches the plane, and 0 otherwise 
   //
 
-  const Double_t kEpsilon = 0.00001;
-
   // Current track X-position
-  Double_t xpos = t.GetX();
+  Double_t xpos = t.GetX(),
+           mass = t.GetMass();
 
   // Direction: inward or outward
   Double_t dir  = (xpos < xToGo) ? 1.0 : -1.0;
 
-  while (((xToGo - xpos) * dir) > kEpsilon) {
-
+  while (((xToGo - xpos) * dir) > AliTRDReconstructor::GetEpsilon()) {
+//    printf("to go %f\n", (xToGo - xpos) * dir);
     Double_t xyz0[3];
     Double_t xyz1[3];
     Double_t param[7];
@@ -1836,12 +1839,47 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateToX(AliTRDtrackV1 &t, Double_t xToGo, Double_t m
     // Calculate the mean material budget between start and
     // end point of this prolongation step
     if(AliTracker::MeanMaterialBudget(xyz0, xyz1, param)<=0.) return 0;
-
+    
     // Propagate the track to the X-position after the next step
     if (!t.PropagateTo(x, param[1], param[0]*param[4])) return 0;
 
+    // Correct for mean material budget
+    Double_t dEdx(0.),
+             bg(t.GetP()/mass);
+    if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>=3){
+      const char *pn[] = {"rho", "x/X0", "<A>", "<Z>", "L", "<Z/A>", "Nb"};
+      printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateTo(): x[%6.2f] bg[%6.2f]\n", xpos, bg);
+      printf("     param :: %s[%e] %s[%e] %s[%e] %s[%e] %s[%e] %s[%e] %s[%e]\n"
+          , pn[0], param[0]
+          , pn[1], param[1]
+          , pn[2], param[2]
+          , pn[3], param[3]
+          , pn[4], param[4]
+          , pn[5], param[5]
+          , pn[6], param[6]);
+    }  
+    switch(fgBB){
+    case kSolid:
+      dEdx = AliExternalTrackParam::BetheBlochSolid(bg);
+      break;
+    case kGas:
+      dEdx = AliExternalTrackParam::BetheBlochGas(bg);
+      break;
+    case kGeant:
+      { // mean exitation energy (GeV)
+        Double_t mee = ((param[3] < 13.) ? (12. * param[3] + 7.) : (9.76 * param[3] + 58.8 * TMath::Power(param[3],-0.19))) * 1.e-9;
+        Double_t mZA = param[5]>1.e-5?param[5]:(param[3]/param[2]);
+        if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>=3) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateTo(): Mee[%e] <Z/A>[%e]\n", mee, mZA);
+        // protect against failed calculation of rho in MeanMaterialBudget()
+        dEdx = AliExternalTrackParam::BetheBlochGeant(bg, param[0]>1.e-6?param[0]:2.33, 0.2, 3., mee, mZA);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")>=2) printf("D-AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateTo(): dEdx(bg=%e, m=%e)= %e[GeV/cm]\n", bg, mass, dEdx);
+    if (!t.CorrectForMeanMaterialdEdx(param[1], dir*param[0]*param[4], mass, dEdx)) return 0;
+
     // Rotate the track if necessary
-    AdjustSector(&t);
+    if(!AdjustSector(&t)) return 0;
 
     // New track X-position
     xpos = t.GetX();
@@ -1852,9 +1890,8 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::PropagateToX(AliTRDtrackV1 &t, Double_t xToGo, Double_t m
 
 }
 
-
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
-Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ReadClusters(TClonesArray* &array, TTree *clusterTree) const
+Bool_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ReadClusters(TTree *clusterTree)
 {
   //
   // Reads AliTRDclusters from the file. 
@@ -1868,15 +1905,15 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ReadClusters(TClonesArray* &array, TTree *clusterTree) co
   TBranch *branch = clusterTree->GetBranch("TRDcluster");
   if (!branch) {
     AliError("Can't get the branch !");
-    return 1;
+    return kFALSE;
   }
   branch->SetAddress(&clusterArray); 
   
   if(!fClusters){ 
     Float_t nclusters =  fkRecoParam->GetNClusters();
     if(fkReconstructor->IsHLT()) nclusters /= AliTRDgeometry::kNsector;
-    array = new TClonesArray("AliTRDcluster", Int_t(nclusters));
-    array->SetOwner(kTRUE);
+    fClusters = new TClonesArray("AliTRDcluster", Int_t(nclusters));
+    fClusters->SetOwner(kTRUE);
   }
   
   // Loop through all entries in the tree
@@ -1895,11 +1932,10 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ReadClusters(TClonesArray* &array, TTree *clusterTree) co
       new((*fClusters)[ncl++]) AliTRDcluster(*c);
       delete (clusterArray->RemoveAt(iCluster)); 
     }
-
   }
   delete clusterArray;
 
-  return 0;
+  return kTRUE;
 }
 
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
@@ -1914,7 +1950,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::LoadClusters(TTree *cTree)
   if(!fkReconstructor->IsWritingClusters()){ 
     fClusters = AliTRDReconstructor::GetClusters();
   } else {
-    if (ReadClusters(fClusters, cTree)) {
+    if(!ReadClusters(cTree)) {
       AliError("Problem with reading the clusters !");
       return 1;
     }
@@ -1965,9 +2001,9 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::BuildTrackingContainers()
 {
 // Building tracking containers for clusters
 
-  Int_t nin =0, icl = fClusters->GetEntriesFast();
-  while (icl--) {
-    AliTRDcluster *c = (AliTRDcluster *) fClusters->UncheckedAt(icl);
+  Int_t nin(0), ncl(fClusters->GetEntriesFast());
+  while (ncl--) {
+    AliTRDcluster *c = (AliTRDcluster *) fClusters->UncheckedAt(ncl);
     if(c->IsInChamber()) nin++;
     if(fkReconstructor->IsHLT()) c->SetRPhiMethod(AliTRDcluster::kCOG);
     Int_t detector       = c->GetDetector();
@@ -1975,13 +2011,12 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::BuildTrackingContainers()
     Int_t stack          = fGeom->GetStack(detector);
     Int_t layer          = fGeom->GetLayer(detector);
     
-    fTrSec[sector].GetChamber(stack, layer, kTRUE)->InsertCluster(c, icl);
+    fTrSec[sector].GetChamber(stack, layer, kTRUE)->InsertCluster(c, ncl);
   }
 
-  const AliTRDCalDet *cal = AliTRDcalibDB::Instance()->GetT0Det();
   for(int isector =0; isector<AliTRDgeometry::kNsector; isector++){ 
     if(!fTrSec[isector].GetNChambers()) continue;
-    fTrSec[isector].Init(fkReconstructor, cal);
+    fTrSec[isector].Init(fkReconstructor);
   }
 
   return nin;
@@ -2229,7 +2264,6 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
   // 8. Build ESD track and register it to the output list
   //
 
-  const AliTRDCalDet *cal = AliTRDcalibDB::Instance()->GetT0Det();
   AliTRDtrackingChamber *chamber = NULL;
   AliTRDtrackingChamber **ci = NULL;
   AliTRDseedV1 sseed[kMaxTracksStack*6]; // to be initialized
@@ -2269,7 +2303,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
   do{
     // Loop over seeding configurations
     ntracks = 0; ntracks1 = 0;
-    for (Int_t iconf = 0; iconf<3; iconf++) {
+    for (Int_t iconf = 0; iconf<fkRecoParam->GetNumberOfSeedConfigs(); iconf++) {
       pars[0] = configs[iconf];
       pars[1] = ntracks;
       pars[2] = istack;
@@ -2278,12 +2312,18 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
       if(ntracks == kMaxTracksStack) break;
     }
     AliDebug(2, Form("Candidate TRD tracks %d in iteration %d.", ntracks, fSieveSeeding));
-    
     if(!ntracks) break;
     
     // Sort the seeds according to their quality
-    Int_t sort[kMaxTracksStack];
+    Int_t sort[kMaxTracksStack+1];
     TMath::Sort(ntracks, fTrackQuality, sort, kTRUE);
+    if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1") > 2){
+      AliDebug(3, "Track candidates classification:");
+      for (Int_t it(0); it < ntracks; it++) {
+        Int_t jt(sort[it]);
+        printf("   %2d idx[%d] Quality[%e]\n", it, jt, fTrackQuality[jt]);
+      }
+    }
   
     // Initialize number of tracks so far and logic switches
     Int_t ntracks0 = esdTrackList->GetEntriesFast();
@@ -2296,18 +2336,13 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
     //AliInfo("Selecting track candidates ...");
     
     // Sieve clusters in decreasing order of track quality
-    Double_t trackParams[7];
-    //                 AliTRDseedV1 *lseed = NULL;
-    Int_t jSieve = 0, candidates;
+    Int_t jSieve(0), rejectedCandidates(0);
     do{
-      //AliInfo(Form("\t\tITER = %i ", jSieve));
-
       // Check track candidates
-      candidates = 0;
+      rejectedCandidates=0;
       for (Int_t itrack = 0; itrack < ntracks; itrack++) {
         Int_t trackIndex = sort[itrack];
         if (signedTrack[trackIndex] || fakeTrack[trackIndex]) continue;
-  
         
         // Calculate track parameters from tracklets seeds
         Int_t ncl        = 0;
@@ -2316,78 +2351,77 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
         Int_t findable   = 0;
         for (Int_t jLayer = 0; jLayer < kNPlanes; jLayer++) {
           Int_t jseed = kNPlanes*trackIndex+jLayer;
+          sseed[jseed].UpdateUsed();
           if(!sseed[jseed].IsOK()) continue;
+          // check if primary candidate
           if (TMath::Abs(sseed[jseed].GetYref(0) / sseed[jseed].GetX0()) < 0.158) findable++;
-          // TODO here we get a sig fault which should never happen !
-          sseed[jseed].UpdateUsed();
-          ncl   += sseed[jseed].GetN2();
+          ncl   += sseed[jseed].GetN();
           nused += sseed[jseed].GetNUsed();
           nlayers++;
         }
 
         // Filter duplicated tracks
         if (nused > 30){
-          //printf("Skip %d nused %d\n", trackIndex, nused);
+          AliDebug(4, Form("REJECTED : %d idx[%d] quality[%e] tracklets[%d] usedClusters[%d]", itrack, trackIndex, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nlayers, nused));
           fakeTrack[trackIndex] = kTRUE;
           continue;
         }
         if (ncl>0 && Float_t(nused)/ncl >= .25){
-          //printf("Skip %d nused/ncl >= .25\n", trackIndex);
+          AliDebug(4, Form("REJECTED : %d idx[%d] quality[%e] tracklets[%d] usedClusters[%d] used/ncl[%f]", itrack, trackIndex, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nlayers, nused, Float_t(nused)/ncl));
           fakeTrack[trackIndex] = kTRUE;
           continue;
         }
 
+        AliDebug(4, Form("Candidate[%d] Quality[%e] Tracklets[%d] Findable[%d] Ncl[%d] Nused[%d]", trackIndex, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nlayers, findable, ncl, nused));
+
         // Classify tracks
         Bool_t skip = kFALSE;
         switch(jSieve){
-          case 0:
-            if(nlayers < 6) {skip = kTRUE; break;}
+          case 0: // select 6 tracklets primary tracks, good quality
+            if(nlayers > findable || nlayers < kNPlanes) {skip = kTRUE; break;}
             if(TMath::Log(1.E-9+fTrackQuality[trackIndex]) < -5.){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             break;
 
-          case 1:
+          case 1: // select shorter primary tracks, good quality
+            //if(findable<4){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             if(nlayers < findable){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             if(TMath::Log(1.E-9+fTrackQuality[trackIndex]) < -4.){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             break;
 
-          case 2:
-            if ((nlayers == findable) || (nlayers == 6)) { skip = kTRUE; break;}
+          case 2: // select 6 tracklets secondary tracks
+            if(nlayers < kNPlanes) { skip = kTRUE; break;}
             if (TMath::Log(1.E-9+fTrackQuality[trackIndex]) < -6.0){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             break;
 
-          case 3:
+          case 3: // select shorter tracks, good quality
+            if (nlayers<4){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             if (TMath::Log(1.E-9+fTrackQuality[trackIndex]) < -5.){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             break;
 
-          case 4:
-            if (nlayers == 3){skip = kTRUE; break;}
+          case 4: // select anything with at least 4 tracklets
+            if (nlayers<4){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             //if (TMath::Log(1.E-9+fTrackQuality[trackIndex]) - nused/(nlayers-3.0) < -15.0){skip = kTRUE; break;}
             break;
         }
         if(skip){
-          candidates++;
+          rejectedCandidates++;
           AliDebug(4, Form("REJECTED : %d idx[%d] quality[%e] tracklets[%d] usedClusters[%d]", itrack, trackIndex, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nlayers, nused));
           continue;
         } else AliDebug(4, Form("ACCEPTED : %d idx[%d] quality[%e] tracklets[%d] usedClusters[%d]", itrack, trackIndex, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nlayers, nused));
 
         signedTrack[trackIndex] = kTRUE;
 
-        // Build track parameters
-        AliTRDseedV1 *lseed =&sseed[trackIndex*6];
-      /*  Int_t idx = 0;
-        while(idx<3 && !lseed->IsOK()) {
-          idx++;
-          lseed++;
-        }*/
-        Double_t x = lseed->GetX0();// - 3.5;
-        trackParams[0] = x; //NEW AB
-        trackParams[1] = lseed->GetYref(0); // lseed->GetYat(x);  
-        trackParams[2] = lseed->GetZref(0); // lseed->GetZat(x); 
-        trackParams[3] = TMath::Sin(TMath::ATan(lseed->GetYref(1)));
-        trackParams[4] = lseed->GetZref(1) / TMath::Sqrt(1. + lseed->GetYref(1) * lseed->GetYref(1));
-        trackParams[5] = lseed->GetC();
-        Int_t ich = 0; while(!(chamber = stack[ich])) ich++;
-        trackParams[6] = fGeom->GetSector(chamber->GetDetector());/* *alpha+shift;     // Supermodule*/
+        AliTRDseedV1 *lseed =&sseed[trackIndex*kNPlanes];
+        AliTRDtrackV1 *track = MakeTrack(lseed);
+        if(!track){
+          AliDebug(1, "Track building failed.");
+          continue;
+        } else { 
+          if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1") > 1){
+            Int_t ich = 0; while(!(chamber = stack[ich])) ich++;
+            AliDebug(2, Form("Track pt=%7.2fGeV/c SM[%2d] Done.", track->Pt(), fGeom->GetSector(chamber->GetDetector())));
+          }
+        }
 
         if(fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 1 && fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming()){
           //AliInfo(Form("Track %d [%d] nlayers %d trackQuality = %e nused %d, yref = %3.3f", itrack, trackIndex, nlayers, fTrackQuality[trackIndex], nused, trackParams[1]));
@@ -2401,38 +2435,25 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
           Int_t candidateNumber = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetCandidateNumber();
           TTreeSRedirector &cstreamer = *fkReconstructor->GetDebugStream(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker);
           cstreamer << "Clusters2TracksStack"
-              << "EventNumber="                << eventNumber
-              << "TrackNumber="                << trackNumber
-              << "CandidateNumber="    << candidateNumber
-              << "Iter="                               << fSieveSeeding
-              << "Like="                               << fTrackQuality[trackIndex]
-              << "S0.="                                << dseed[0]
-              << "S1.="                                << dseed[1]
-              << "S2.="                                << dseed[2]
-              << "S3.="                                << dseed[3]
-              << "S4.="                                << dseed[4]
-              << "S5.="                                << dseed[5]
-              << "p0="                         << trackParams[0]
-              << "p1="                         << trackParams[1]
-              << "p2="                         << trackParams[2]
-              << "p3="                         << trackParams[3]
-              << "p4="                         << trackParams[4]
-              << "p5="                         << trackParams[5]
-              << "p6="                         << trackParams[6]
-              << "Ncl="                                << ncl
-              << "NLayers="                    << nlayers
-              << "Findable="                   << findable
-              << "NUsed="                              << nused
+              << "EventNumber="   << eventNumber
+              << "TrackNumber="   << trackNumber
+              << "CandidateNumber=" << candidateNumber
+              << "Iter="        << fSieveSeeding
+              << "Like="        << fTrackQuality[trackIndex]
+              << "S0.="       << dseed[0]
+              << "S1.="       << dseed[1]
+              << "S2.="       << dseed[2]
+              << "S3.="       << dseed[3]
+              << "S4.="       << dseed[4]
+              << "S5.="       << dseed[5]
+              << "Ncl="       << ncl
+              << "NLayers="   << nlayers
+              << "Findable="  << findable
+              << "NUsed="     << nused
               << "\n";
         }
 
-        AliTRDtrackV1 *track = MakeTrack(&sseed[trackIndex*kNPlanes], trackParams);
-        if(!track){
-          AliDebug(1, "Track building failed.");
-          continue;
-        }
-      
-        //AliInfo("End of MakeTrack()");
+
         AliESDtrack *esdTrack = new ((*esdTrackList)[ntracks0++]) AliESDtrack();
         esdTrack->UpdateTrackParams(track, AliESDtrack::kTRDout);
         esdTrack->SetLabel(track->GetLabel());
@@ -2448,7 +2469,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
       }
 
       jSieve++;
-    } while(jSieve<5 && candidates); // end track candidates sieve
+    } while(jSieve<5 && rejectedCandidates); // end track candidates sieve
     if(!ntracks1) break;
 
     // increment counters
@@ -2463,7 +2484,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::Clusters2TracksStack(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, TClon
     
     for(Int_t ip = 0; ip < kNPlanes; ip++){ 
       if(!(chamber = stack[ip])) continue;
-      chamber->Build(fGeom, cal);//Indices(fSieveSeeding);
+      chamber->Build(fGeom);//Indices(fSieveSeeding);
     }
 
     if(fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) > 10){ 
@@ -2521,7 +2542,7 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::BuildSeedingConfigs(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, Int
   }
   
   TMath::Sort((Int_t)kNConfigs, tconfig, configs, kTRUE);
-  //   AliInfo(Form("q[%d] = %f", configs[0], tconfig[configs[0]]));
+  //   AliInfo(Form("q[%d] = %f", configs[0], tconfig[configs[0]]));
   //   AliInfo(Form("q[%d] = %f", configs[1], tconfig[configs[1]]));
   //   AliInfo(Form("q[%d] = %f", configs[2], tconfig[configs[2]]));
   
@@ -2634,8 +2655,8 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
   for(int iLayer=0; iLayer<kNPlanes; iLayer++,cIter++){
     if(!(*cIter)) continue;
     if(!(matrix = fGeom->GetClusterMatrix((*cIter)->GetDetector()))){ 
-      continue;
       x0[iLayer] = fgkX0[iLayer];
+      continue;
     }
     matrix->LocalToMaster(loc, glb);
     x0[iLayer] = glb[0];
@@ -2800,6 +2821,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
             if(!cseed[jLayer].AttachClusters(chamber, kTRUE)) continue;
             cseed[jLayer].Fit();
           }
+          //FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(&cseed[0], GetZ());
           fTrackQuality[ntracks] = 1.; // dummy value
           ntracks++;
           if(ntracks == kMaxTracksStack) return ntracks;
@@ -2810,10 +2832,11 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
 
         // Update Seeds and calculate Likelihood
         // fit tracklets and cook likelihood
-        FitTiltedRieman(&cseed[0], kTRUE);
+        Double_t chi2Vals[4];
+        chi2Vals[0] = FitTiltedRieman(&cseed[0], kTRUE);
         for(int iLayer=0; iLayer<kNSeedPlanes; iLayer++){
           Int_t jLayer = planes[iLayer];
-          cseed[jLayer].Fit(kTRUE);
+          cseed[jLayer].Fit(1);
         }
         Double_t like = CookLikelihood(&cseed[0], planes); // to be checked
       
@@ -2839,10 +2862,10 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
           if ((jLayer == 5) && !(cseed[4].IsOK())) continue;
           AliTRDseedV1 pseed = cseed[jLayer];
           if(!pseed.AttachClusters(chamber, kTRUE)) continue;
-          pseed.Fit(kTRUE);
+          pseed.Fit(1);
           cseed[jLayer] = pseed;
-          FitTiltedRieman(cseed,  kTRUE);
-          cseed[jLayer].Fit(kTRUE);
+          chi2Vals[0] = FitTiltedRieman(cseed,  kTRUE);
+          cseed[jLayer].Fit(1);
           elayers++;
         }
       
@@ -2867,36 +2890,20 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
         }
               
         if(fkRecoParam->HasImproveTracklets()){ 
-          AliTRDseedV1 bseed[AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer];
-          for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) bseed[jLayer] = cseed[jLayer];
-
-          if(ImproveSeedQuality(stack, cseed) < mlayers+elayers){
+          if(!ImproveSeedQuality(stack, cseed, chi2Vals[0])){
             AliTRDtrackerDebug::SetCandidateNumber(AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetCandidateNumber() + 1);
-            AliDebug(3, "Filter on improve seeds.");
-          } else {
-            // store results
-            for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) cseed[jLayer] = bseed[jLayer];
+            AliDebug(3, "ImproveSeedQuality() failed.");
           }
         }
-        //AliInfo("Improve seed quality done.");
-      
-        // fit full track and cook likelihoods
-        //                             Double_t curv = FitRieman(&cseed[0], chi2);
-        //                             Double_t chi2ZF = chi2[0] / TMath::Max((mlayers - 3.), 1.);
-        //                             Double_t chi2RF = chi2[1] / TMath::Max((mlayers - 3.), 1.);
       
-        // do the final track fitting (Once with vertex constraint and once without vertex constraint)
-        Double_t chi2Vals[3];
-        chi2Vals[0] = FitTiltedRieman(&cseed[0], kTRUE);
-        if(fkRecoParam->IsVertexConstrained())
-          chi2Vals[1] = FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(&cseed[0], GetZ()); // Do Vertex Constrained fit if desired
-        else
-          chi2Vals[1] = 1.;
-        chi2Vals[2] = GetChi2Z(&cseed[0]) / TMath::Max((mlayers - 3.), 1.);
-        // Chi2 definitions in testing stage
-        //chi2Vals[2] = GetChi2ZTest(&cseed[0]);
-        fTrackQuality[ntracks] = CalculateTrackLikelihood(&cseed[0], &chi2Vals[0]);
-        //AliInfo("Hyperplane fit done\n");
+        // do track fitting with vertex constraint
+        if(fkRecoParam->IsVertexConstrained()) chi2Vals[1] = FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(&cseed[0], GetZ());
+        else chi2Vals[1] = -1.;
+        chi2Vals[2] = GetChi2Z(&cseed[0]);
+        chi2Vals[3] = GetChi2Phi(&cseed[0]);
+
+        // calculate track quality
+        fTrackQuality[ntracks] = CalculateTrackLikelihood(&chi2Vals[0]);
                   
         if(fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) >= 2 && fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming()){
           TTreeSRedirector &cstreamer = *fkReconstructor->GetDebugStream(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker);
@@ -2926,7 +2933,29 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
               << "FitterTC.="                  << fitterTC
               << "\n";
         }
-              
+        if(AliLog::GetDebugLevel("TRD", "AliTRDtrackerV1")){  
+          Double_t pt[]={0., 0.};
+          for(Int_t il(0); il<kNPlanes; il++){
+            if(!cseed[il].IsOK()) continue;
+            pt[0] = GetBz()*kB2C/cseed[il].GetC();
+            pt[1] = GetBz()*kB2C/cseed[il].GetC(1);
+            break;
+          }
+          AliDebug(2, Form("Candidate[%2d] pt[%7.3f %7.3f] Q[%e]\n"
+            "  [0] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+            "  [1] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+            "  [2] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+            "  [3] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+            "  [4] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+            "  [5] x[%6.2f] n[%2d] nu[%d] OK[%c]"
+            , ntracks, pt[0], pt[1], fTrackQuality[ntracks]
+            ,cseed[0].GetX(), cseed[0].GetN(), cseed[0].GetNUsed(), cseed[0].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+            ,cseed[1].GetX(), cseed[1].GetN(), cseed[1].GetNUsed(), cseed[1].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+            ,cseed[2].GetX(), cseed[2].GetN(), cseed[2].GetNUsed(), cseed[2].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+            ,cseed[3].GetX(), cseed[3].GetN(), cseed[3].GetNUsed(), cseed[3].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+            ,cseed[4].GetX(), cseed[4].GetN(), cseed[4].GetNUsed(), cseed[4].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+            ,cseed[5].GetX(), cseed[5].GetN(), cseed[5].GetNUsed(), cseed[5].IsOK()?'y':'n'));
+        }
         ntracks++;
         AliTRDtrackerDebug::SetCandidateNumber(AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetCandidateNumber() + 1);
         if(ntracks == kMaxTracksStack){
@@ -2942,7 +2971,7 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeSeeds(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 * c
 }
 
 //_____________________________________________________________________________
-AliTRDtrackV1* AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeTrack(AliTRDseedV1 * const seeds, Double_t *params)
+AliTRDtrackV1* AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeTrack(AliTRDseedV1 * const tracklet)
 {
 //
 // Build a TRD track out of tracklet candidates
@@ -2968,26 +2997,57 @@ AliTRDtrackV1* AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeTrack(AliTRDseedV1 * const seeds, Double_t *
 // offline case perform a full Kalman filter on the already found tracklets (see AliTRDtrackerV1::FollowBackProlongation() 
 // for details). Do also MC label calculation and PID if propagation successfully.
 
+  if(fkReconstructor->IsHLT()) FitTiltedRiemanConstraint(tracklet, 0);
   Double_t alpha = AliTRDgeometry::GetAlpha();
   Double_t shift = AliTRDgeometry::GetAlpha()/2.0;
-  Double_t c[15];
 
+  // find first good tracklet
+  Int_t idx(0); while(idx<kNPlanes && !tracklet[idx].IsOK()) idx++;
+  if(idx>2){ AliDebug(1, Form("Found suspect track start @ layer idx[%d]\n"
+    "  %c[0] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+    "  %c[1] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+    "  %c[2] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+    "  %c[3] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+    "  %c[4] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]\n"
+    "  %c[5] x0[%f] n[%d] nu[%d] OK[%c]"
+    ,idx
+    ,idx==0?'*':' ', tracklet[0].GetX0(), tracklet[0].GetN(), tracklet[0].GetNUsed(), tracklet[0].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+    ,idx==1?'*':' ', tracklet[1].GetX0(), tracklet[1].GetN(), tracklet[1].GetNUsed(), tracklet[1].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+    ,idx==2?'*':' ', tracklet[2].GetX0(), tracklet[2].GetN(), tracklet[2].GetNUsed(), tracklet[2].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+    ,idx==3?'*':' ', tracklet[3].GetX0(), tracklet[3].GetN(), tracklet[3].GetNUsed(), tracklet[3].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+    ,idx==4?'*':' ', tracklet[4].GetX0(), tracklet[4].GetN(), tracklet[4].GetNUsed(), tracklet[4].IsOK()?'y':'n'
+    ,idx==5?'*':' ', tracklet[5].GetX0(), tracklet[5].GetN(), tracklet[5].GetNUsed(), tracklet[5].IsOK()?'y':'n'));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  Double_t dx(5.);
+  Double_t x(tracklet[idx].GetX0() - dx);
+  // Build track parameters
+  Double_t params[] = {
+    tracklet[idx].GetYref(0) - dx*tracklet[idx].GetYref(1) // y
+   ,tracklet[idx].GetZref(0) - dx*tracklet[idx].GetZref(1) // z
+   ,TMath::Sin(TMath::ATan(tracklet[idx].GetYref(1)))      // snp
+   ,tracklet[idx].GetZref(1) / TMath::Sqrt(1. + tracklet[idx].GetYref(1) * tracklet[idx].GetYref(1))   // tgl
+   ,tracklet[idx].GetC(fkReconstructor->IsHLT()?1:0)                                   // curvature -> 1/pt
+  };
+  Int_t sector(fGeom->GetSector(tracklet[idx].GetDetector()));
+
+  Double_t c[15];
   c[ 0] = 0.2; // s^2_y
   c[ 1] = 0.0; c[ 2] = 2.0; // s^2_z
   c[ 3] = 0.0; c[ 4] = 0.0; c[ 5] = 0.02; // s^2_snp
   c[ 6] = 0.0; c[ 7] = 0.0; c[ 8] = 0.0;  c[ 9] = 0.1; // s^2_tgl
-  c[10] = 0.0; c[11] = 0.0; c[12] = 0.0;  c[13] = 0.0; c[14] = params[5]*params[5]*0.01; // s^2_1/pt
+  c[10] = 0.0; c[11] = 0.0; c[12] = 0.0;  c[13] = 0.0; c[14] = params[4]*params[4]*0.01; // s^2_1/pt
+
+  AliTRDtrackV1 track(tracklet, params, c, x, sector*alpha+shift);
 
-  AliTRDtrackV1 track(seeds, &params[1], c, params[0], params[6]*alpha+shift);
-  track.PropagateTo(params[0]-5.0);
   AliTRDseedV1 *ptrTracklet = NULL;
 
   // skip Kalman filter for HLT
   if(/*fkReconstructor->IsHLT()*/kFALSE){ 
     for (Int_t jLayer = 0; jLayer < AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer++) {
       track.UnsetTracklet(jLayer);
-      ptrTracklet = &seeds[jLayer];
+      ptrTracklet = &tracklet[jLayer];
       if(!ptrTracklet->IsOK()) continue;
       if(TMath::Abs(ptrTracklet->GetYref(1) - ptrTracklet->GetYfit(1)) >= .2) continue; // check this condition with Marian
       ptrTracklet = SetTracklet(ptrTracklet);
@@ -3002,8 +3062,7 @@ AliTRDtrackV1* AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeTrack(AliTRDseedV1 * const seeds, Double_t *
   }
 
   // prevent the error message in AliTracker::MeanMaterialBudget: "start point out of geometry"
-  if(TMath::Abs(track.GetX()) + TMath::Abs(track.GetY()) + TMath::Abs(track.GetZ()) > 10000) 
-    return NULL;
+  if(TMath::Abs(track.GetX()) + TMath::Abs(track.GetY()) + TMath::Abs(track.GetZ()) > 10000) return NULL;
 
   track.ResetCovariance(1);
   Int_t nc = TMath::Abs(FollowBackProlongation(track));
@@ -3011,46 +3070,53 @@ AliTRDtrackV1* AliTRDtrackerV1::MakeTrack(AliTRDseedV1 * const seeds, Double_t *
     Int_t eventNumber          = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetEventNumber();
     Int_t candidateNumber = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetCandidateNumber();
     Double_t p[5]; // Track Params for the Debug Stream
-    track.GetExternalParameters(params[0], p);
+    track.GetExternalParameters(x, p);
     TTreeSRedirector &cs = *fkReconstructor->GetDebugStream(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker);
     cs << "MakeTrack"
     << "EventNumber="     << eventNumber
     << "CandidateNumber=" << candidateNumber
     << "nc="     << nc
-    << "X="      << params[0]
+    << "X="      << x
     << "Y="      << p[0]
     << "Z="      << p[1]
     << "snp="    << p[2]
     << "tnd="    << p[3]
     << "crv="    << p[4]
-    << "Yin="    << params[1]
-    << "Zin="    << params[2]
-    << "snpin="  << params[3]
-    << "tndin="  << params[4]
-    << "crvin="  << params[5]
+    << "Yin="    << params[0]
+    << "Zin="    << params[1]
+    << "snpin="  << params[2]
+    << "tndin="  << params[3]
+    << "crvin="  << params[4]
     << "track.=" << &track
     << "\n";
   }
-  if (nc < 30) return NULL;
-
+  if (nc < 30){ 
+    UnsetTrackletsTrack(&track);
+    return NULL;
+  }
   AliTRDtrackV1 *ptrTrack = SetTrack(&track);
   ptrTrack->SetReconstructor(fkReconstructor);
   ptrTrack->CookLabel(.9);
-  
+  for(Int_t il(kNPlanes); il--;){
+    if(!(ptrTracklet = ptrTrack->GetTracklet(il))) continue;
+    ptrTracklet->UseClusters();
+  }
+
   // computes PID for track
   ptrTrack->CookPID();
   // update calibration references using this track
   AliTRDCalibraFillHisto *calibra = AliTRDCalibraFillHisto::Instance();
-  if (!calibra){ 
-    AliInfo("Could not get Calibra instance\n");
-    if(calibra->GetHisto2d()) calibra->UpdateHistogramsV1(ptrTrack);
+  if(!calibra){
+    AliInfo("Could not get Calibra instance.");
+  } else if(calibra->GetHisto2d()){
+    calibra->UpdateHistogramsV1(ptrTrack);
   }
   return ptrTrack;
 }
 
 
 //____________________________________________________________________
-Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 *cseed)
+Bool_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDseedV1 *cseed, Double_t &chi2)
 {
   //
   // Sort tracklets according to "quality" and try to "improve" the first 4 worst
@@ -3075,8 +3141,8 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDs
   AliTRDtrackingChamber *chamber = NULL;
   AliTRDseedV1 bseed[AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer];
 
-  Float_t quality(0.), 
-          lQuality[] = {1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3};
+  Float_t quality(1.e3), 
+          lQuality[AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer] = {1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3, 1.e3};
   Int_t rLayers(0);
   for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;){ 
     bseed[jLayer] = cseed[jLayer];
@@ -3085,21 +3151,20 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDs
     lQuality[jLayer] = bseed[jLayer].GetQuality(kTRUE);
     quality    += lQuality[jLayer];
   }
-  Float_t chi2 = FitTiltedRieman(bseed, kTRUE);
+  quality /= rLayers;
+  AliDebug(2, Form("Start N[%d] Q[%f] chi2[%f]", rLayers, quality, chi2));
 
   for (Int_t iter = 0; iter < 4; iter++) {
-    AliDebug(2, Form("Iter[%d] Q[%f] chi2[%f]", iter, quality, chi2));
-
     // Try better cluster set
     Int_t nLayers(0); Float_t qualitynew(0.);
-    Int_t  indexes[6];
+    Int_t  indexes[4*AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer];
     TMath::Sort(Int_t(AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer), lQuality, indexes, kFALSE);
     for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) {
       Int_t bLayer = indexes[jLayer];
       bseed[bLayer].Reset("c");
       if(!(chamber = stack[bLayer])) continue;
       if(!bseed[bLayer].AttachClusters(chamber, kTRUE)) continue;
-      bseed[bLayer].Fit(kTRUE);
+      bseed[bLayer].Fit(1);
       if(!bseed[bLayer].IsOK()) continue;
       nLayers++;
       lQuality[jLayer] = bseed[jLayer].GetQuality(kTRUE);
@@ -3107,25 +3172,25 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDs
     }
     if(rLayers > nLayers){
       AliDebug(1, Form("Lost %d tracklets while improving.", rLayers-nLayers));
-      break;
+      return iter>0?kTRUE:kFALSE;
     } else rLayers=nLayers;
+    qualitynew /= rLayers;
 
-    if(qualitynew >= quality){ 
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Quality worsen in iter[%d].", iter));
-      break;
+    if(qualitynew > quality){ 
+      AliDebug(4, Form("Quality[%f] worsen in iter[%d] to ref[%f].", qualitynew, iter, quality));
+      return iter>0?kTRUE:kFALSE;
     } else quality = qualitynew;
 
     // try improve track parameters
-    AliTRDseedV1 tseed[AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer];
-    for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) tseed[jLayer]=bseed[jLayer];
-    Float_t chi2new = FitTiltedRieman(tseed, kTRUE);
+    Float_t chi2new = FitTiltedRieman(bseed, kTRUE);
     if(chi2new > chi2){ 
-      AliDebug(4, Form("Chi2 worsen in iter[%d].", iter));
-      break;
+      AliDebug(4, Form("Chi2[%f] worsen in iter[%d] to ref[%f].", chi2new, iter, chi2));
+      return iter>0?kTRUE:kFALSE;
     } else chi2 = chi2new;
 
     // store better tracklets
-    for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) bseed[jLayer]=tseed[jLayer];
+    for(Int_t jLayer=AliTRDgeometry::kNlayer; jLayer--;) cseed[jLayer]=bseed[jLayer];
+    AliDebug(2, Form("Iter[%d] Q[%f] chi2[%f]", iter, quality, chi2));
 
 
     if(fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) >= 7 && fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming()){
@@ -3137,22 +3202,23 @@ Int_t AliTRDtrackerV1::ImproveSeedQuality(AliTRDtrackingChamber **stack, AliTRDs
         << "EventNumber="              << eventNumber
         << "CandidateNumber="  << candidateNumber
         << "Iteration="                                << iter
-        << "S0.="                                                      << &bseed[0]
-        << "S1.="                                                      << &bseed[1]
-        << "S2.="                                                      << &bseed[2]
-        << "S3.="                                                      << &bseed[3]
-        << "S4.="                                                      << &bseed[4]
-        << "S5.="                                                      << &bseed[5]
+        << "S0.="                                                      << &cseed[0]
+        << "S1.="                                                      << &cseed[1]
+        << "S2.="                                                      << &cseed[2]
+        << "S3.="                                                      << &cseed[3]
+        << "S4.="                                                      << &cseed[4]
+        << "S5.="                                                      << &cseed[5]
         << "FitterT.="                         << tiltedRieman
         << "\n";
     }
   } // Loop: iter
-  // we are sure that at least 2 tracklets are OK !
-  return rLayers;
+
+  // we are sure that at least 4 tracklets are OK !
+  return kTRUE;
 }
 
 //_________________________________________________________________________
-Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateTrackLikelihood(const AliTRDseedV1 *const tracklets, Double_t *chi2){
+Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateTrackLikelihood(Double_t *chi2){
   //
   // Calculates the Track Likelihood value. This parameter serves as main quality criterion for 
   // the track selection
@@ -3170,21 +3236,37 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateTrackLikelihood(const AliTRDseedV1 *const tra
   //
   // debug level 2
   //
-
-  Double_t chi2phi = 0, nLayers = 0;
-  for (Int_t iLayer = 0; iLayer < kNPlanes; iLayer++) {
-    if(!tracklets[iLayer].IsOK()) continue;
-    chi2phi += tracklets[iLayer].GetChi2Phi();
-    nLayers++;
-  }
-  chi2phi /= Float_t (nLayers - 2.0);
   
-  Double_t likeChi2Z  = TMath::Exp(-chi2[2] * 0.14);                   // Chi2Z 
-  Double_t likeChi2TC = (fkRecoParam->IsVertexConstrained()) ? 
-                                                                                       TMath::Exp(-chi2[1] * 0.677) : 1;                       // Constrained Tilted Riemann
-  Double_t likeChi2TR = TMath::Exp(-chi2[0] * 0.0078);                 // Non-constrained Tilted Riemann
-  Double_t likeChi2Phi= TMath::Exp(-chi2phi * 3.23);//3.23
-  Double_t trackLikelihood     = likeChi2Z * likeChi2TR * likeChi2Phi;
+  // Non-constrained Tilted Riemann
+  Double_t likeChi2TR = TMath::Exp(-chi2[0] * 0.0078);
+  // Constrained Tilted Riemann
+  Double_t likeChi2TC(1.);
+  if(chi2[1]>0.){
+    likeChi2TC = TMath::Exp(-chi2[1] * 0.677);
+    Double_t r = likeChi2TC/likeChi2TR;
+    if(r>1.e2){;}   // -> a primary track use TC
+    else if(r<1.e2) // -> a secondary track use TR
+      likeChi2TC =1.;
+    else{;}         // -> test not conclusive
+  }
+  // Chi2 only on Z direction
+  Double_t likeChi2Z  = TMath::Exp(-chi2[2] * 0.14);
+  // Chi2 angular resolution
+  Double_t likeChi2Phi= TMath::Exp(-chi2[3] * 3.23);
+
+  Double_t trackLikelihood     = likeChi2Z * likeChi2TR * likeChi2TC * likeChi2Phi;
+
+  AliDebug(2, Form("Likelihood [%e]\n"
+    "  Rieman : chi2[%f] likelihood[%6.2e]\n"
+    "  Vertex : chi2[%f] likelihood[%6.2e]\n"
+    "  Z      : chi2[%f] likelihood[%6.2e]\n"
+    "  Phi    : chi2[%f] likelihood[%6.2e]"
+    , trackLikelihood
+    , chi2[0], likeChi2TR
+    , chi2[1], likeChi2TC
+    , chi2[2], likeChi2Z
+    , chi2[3], likeChi2Phi
+  ));
 
   if(fkRecoParam->GetStreamLevel(AliTRDrecoParam::kTracker) >= 2 && fkReconstructor->IsDebugStreaming()){
     Int_t eventNumber = AliTRDtrackerDebug::GetEventNumber();
@@ -3638,6 +3720,21 @@ Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::GetChi2Z(const AliTRDseedV1 *const tracklets) const
   return n ? chi2/n : 0.;
 }
 
+//_____________________________________________________________________________
+Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::GetChi2Phi(const AliTRDseedV1 *const tracklets) const 
+{
+  //  Calculates normalized chi2 for angular resolution
+  // chi2 = Sum chi2 / n_tracklets
+
+  Double_t chi2 = 0; Int_t n = 0;
+  for (Int_t iLayer = 0; iLayer < kNPlanes; iLayer++) {
+    if(!tracklets[iLayer].IsOK()) continue;
+    chi2 += tracklets[iLayer].GetChi2Phi();
+    n++;
+  }
+  return n ? chi2/n: 0.;
+}
+
 //____________________________________________________________________
 Float_t AliTRDtrackerV1::CalculateReferenceX(const AliTRDseedV1 *const tracklets){
        //
@@ -3720,6 +3817,18 @@ Double_t AliTRDtrackerV1::FitTiltedRiemanV1(AliTRDseedV1 *const tracklets){
   return chi2;
 }
 
+//____________________________________________________________________
+void AliTRDtrackerV1::UnsetTrackletsTrack(const AliTRDtrackV1 * const track)
+{
+//  Remove tracklets from tracker list attached to "track"
+  Int_t idx(-1);
+  for(Int_t il(0); il<kNPlanes; il++){
+    if((idx = track->GetTrackletIndex(il)) < 0) continue;
+    delete (fTracklets->RemoveAt(idx));
+  }
+}
+
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //                                                   //
 // Resources of class AliTRDLeastSquare              //
@@ -3798,7 +3907,7 @@ Bool_t AliTRDtrackerV1::AliTRDLeastSquare::Eval(){
   //
   
   Double_t det = fSums[0] * fSums[4] - fSums[1] *fSums[1];
-  if(det==0) return kFALSE;
+  if(TMath::Abs(det)<1.e-30) return kFALSE;
 
   //   for(Int_t isum = 0; isum < 5; isum++)
   //           printf("fSums[%d] = %f\n", isum, fSums[isum]);