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  • #include "HepMC3/GenEvent.h"
    #include "HepMC3/ReaderAscii.h"
    #include "HepMC3/WriterAscii.h"
    #include "HepMC3/Print.h"
    
    #include <iostream>
    #include<random>
    #include<cmath>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <TMath.h>
    
    using namespace HepMC3;
    
    /** Generate electrons in the central region.
     *  This is for testing detectors in the "barrel" region.
     */
    void gen_central_electrons(int n_events = 100, 
                         const char* out_fname = "central_electrons.hepmc")
    {
      double cos_theta_min = std::cos( 70.0*(M_PI/180.0));
      double cos_theta_max = std::cos(110.0*(M_PI/180.0));
    
      WriterAscii hepmc_output(out_fname);
      int events_parsed = 0;
      GenEvent evt(Units::GEV, Units::MM);
    
      // Random number generator
      TRandom *r1 = new TRandom();
    
      for (events_parsed = 0; events_parsed < n_events; events_parsed++) {
        // FourVector(px,py,pz,e,pdgid,status)
        // type 4 is beam
        // pdgid 11 - electron
        // pdgid 111 - pi0
        // pdgid 2212 - proton
        GenParticlePtr p1 =
            std::make_shared<GenParticle>(FourVector(0.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10.0), 11, 4);
        GenParticlePtr p2 = std::make_shared<GenParticle>(
            FourVector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.938), 2212, 4);
    
        // Define momentum
        Double_t p     = r1->Uniform(1.0, 10.0);
        Double_t phi   = r1->Uniform(0.0, 2.0 * M_PI);
        Double_t costh = r1->Uniform(cos_theta_min, cos_theta_max);
        Double_t th    = std::acos(costh);
        Double_t px    = p * std::cos(phi) * std::sin(th);
        Double_t py    = p * std::sin(phi) * std::sin(th);
        Double_t pz    = p * std::cos(th);
        // Generates random vectors, uniformly distributed over the surface of a
        // sphere of given radius, in this case momentum.
        // r1->Sphere(px, py, pz, p);
    
        //std::cout << std::sqrt(px*px + py*py + pz*pz) - p << " is zero? \n";
    
        // type 1 is final state
        // pdgid 11 - electron 0.510 MeV/c^2
        GenParticlePtr p3 = std::make_shared<GenParticle>(
            FourVector(
                px, py, pz,
                sqrt(p*p + (0.000511 * 0.000511))),
            11, 1);
    
        GenVertexPtr v1 = std::make_shared<GenVertex>();
        v1->add_particle_in(p1);
        v1->add_particle_in(p2);
    
        v1->add_particle_out(p3);
        evt.add_vertex(v1);
    
        if (events_parsed == 0) {
          std::cout << "First event: " << std::endl;
          Print::listing(evt);
        }
    
        hepmc_output.write_event(evt);
        if (events_parsed % 10000 == 0) {
          std::cout << "Event: " << events_parsed << std::endl;
        }
        evt.clear();
      }
      hepmc_output.close();
      std::cout << "Events parsed and written: " << events_parsed << std::endl;
    }