diff --git a/tracking/scripts/gen_central_electrons.cxx b/tracking/scripts/gen_central_electrons.cxx
index 5b06ada728ef1ee90d12a993fe5edf730f05a304..794d2fee8f5ebcfbdb10497710d739782eecbd6f 100644
--- a/tracking/scripts/gen_central_electrons.cxx
+++ b/tracking/scripts/gen_central_electrons.cxx
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ using namespace HepMC3;
 void gen_central_electrons(int n_events = 100, 
                      const char* out_fname = "central_electrons.hepmc")
 {
-  double cos_theta_min = std::cos( 50.0*(M_PI/180.0));
-  double cos_theta_max = std::cos(130.0*(M_PI/180.0));
+  double cos_theta_min = std::cos( 20.0*(M_PI/180.0));
+  double cos_theta_max = std::cos(160.0*(M_PI/180.0));
 
   WriterAscii hepmc_output(out_fname);
   int events_parsed = 0;
diff --git a/tracking/scripts/rec_central_electrons.cxx b/tracking/scripts/rec_central_electrons.cxx
index d58cd1ba60337b3b12fc88477deea3c76d06f721..8249eceadf6c3d19d86e0912539eaa25956cccf3 100644
--- a/tracking/scripts/rec_central_electrons.cxx
+++ b/tracking/scripts/rec_central_electrons.cxx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "TCanvas.h"
 #include "TLegend.h"
 #include "TH1D.h"
+#include "TProfile.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDD4pod.so)
 #include "eicd/TrackParametersCollection.h"
 #include "eicd/ClusterCollection.h"
 #include "eicd/ClusterData.h"
+#include "eicd/TrackerHitCollection.h"
 
 using ROOT::RDataFrame;
 using namespace ROOT::VecOps;
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ int rec_central_electrons(const char* fname = "topside/rec_central_electrons.roo
                  .Define("thrownParticles", "mcparticles2[isThrown]")
                  .Define("thrownP", fourvec, {"thrownParticles"})
                  .Define("p_thrown", momentum, {"thrownP"})
+                 .Define("theta_thrown", theta, {"thrownP"})
+                 .Define("theta0", "theta_thrown[0]")
                  .Define("nTracks", "outputTrackParameters.size()")
                  .Define("p_track", p_track, {"outputTrackParameters"})
                  .Define("p_track1", p_track, {"outputTrackParameters1"})
@@ -95,7 +99,11 @@ int rec_central_electrons(const char* fname = "topside/rec_central_electrons.roo
                  .Define("delta_p2",delta_p, {"p_track2", "p_thrown"})
                  .Define("delta_p_over_p0",delta_p_over_p, {"p_track", "p_thrown"})
                  .Define("delta_p_over_p1",delta_p_over_p, {"p_track1", "p_thrown"})
-                 .Define("delta_p_over_p2",delta_p_over_p, {"p_track2", "p_thrown"});
+                 .Define("delta_p_over_p2",delta_p_over_p, {"p_track2", "p_thrown"})
+                 .Define("N_VtxBarrelHits",[](std::vector<eic::TrackerHitData> hits) { return hits.size();},{"VertexBarrelRecHits"})
+                 .Define("N_SiBarrelHits", [](std::vector<eic::TrackerHitData> hits) { return hits.size();}, {"TrackerBarrelRecHits"})
+                 .Define("N_SiEndcapHits", [](std::vector<eic::TrackerHitData> hits) { return hits.size();}, {"TrackerEndcapRecHits"})
+                 ;
 
   auto h_nTracks = df0.Histo1D({"h_nTracks", "; N tracks ", 10, 0, 10}, "nTracks");
   auto h_pTracks = df0.Histo1D({"h_pTracks", "; GeV/c ", 100, 0, 10}, "p_track");
@@ -108,6 +116,18 @@ int rec_central_electrons(const char* fname = "topside/rec_central_electrons.roo
   auto h_delta_p1_over_p = df0.Histo1D({"h_delta_p1_over_p", "Ecal Cluster Init; delta p/p ", 100, -0.1, 0.1}, "delta_p_over_p1");
   auto h_delta_p2_over_p = df0.Histo1D({"h_delta_p2_over_p", "Ecal Cluster, innner vtx hit Init; delta p/p ", 100, -0.1, 0.1}, "delta_p_over_p2");
 
+  auto hSiBarrel_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hSiBarrel_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_SiBarrelHits");
+  auto hSiEndcap_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hSiEndcap_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_SiEndcapHits");
+  auto hVtxBarrel_N_vs_theta = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_N_vs_theta", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 180 }, "theta0", "N_VtxBarrelHits");
+
+  auto hSiBarrel_Nhits  = df0.Histo1D({"hSiBarrel_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 20 }, "N_SiBarrelHits");
+  auto hSiEndcap_Nhits  = df0.Histo1D({"hSiEndcap_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 20 }, "N_SiEndcapHits");
+  auto hVtxBarrel_Nhits = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_Nhits", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 20 },  "N_VtxBarrelHits");
+
+  auto hSiBarrel_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hSiBarrel_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+  auto hSiEndcap_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hSiEndcap_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]",   20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+  auto hVtxBarrel_Ntheta = df0.Histo1D({"hVtxBarrel_Ntheta", "; #theta [deg.]", 20, 0, 180 }, "theta0");
+
   auto c = new TCanvas();
 
   h_nTracks->DrawCopy();
@@ -152,5 +172,67 @@ int rec_central_electrons(const char* fname = "topside/rec_central_electrons.roo
   c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_delta_p_over_p.png");
   c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_delta_p_over_p.pdf");
 
+  c  = new TCanvas();
+  hs = new THStack("n_hits","; #theta  ");
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiBarrel_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  auto h2 = (TH1D*) hSiBarrel_Ntheta->Clone();
+  h1->Divide(h2);
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiEndcap_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hSiEndcap_Ntheta->Clone();
+  h1->Divide(h2);
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  //h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_vs_theta->Clone();
+  //h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  //h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  //h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  //hs->Add(h1);
+  hs->Draw("nostack, hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_n_hits_vs_theta.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_n_hits_vs_theta.pdf");
+
+  c  = new TCanvas();
+  hs = new THStack("theta","; #theta  ");
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiBarrel_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hSiBarrel_Ntheta->Clone();
+  //h1->Divide(h2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiEndcap_N_vs_theta->Clone();
+  h2 = (TH1D*) hSiEndcap_Ntheta->Clone();
+  //h1->Divide(h2);
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  h2->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  //h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_vs_theta->Clone();
+  //h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  //h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  //h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  //hs->Add(h1);
+  hs->Draw("nostack hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_theta.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_theta.pdf");
+
+  c  = new TCanvas();
+  hs = new THStack("hits","; hits  ");
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiBarrel_Nhits->Clone();
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hSiEndcap_Nhits->Clone();
+  h1->SetLineColor(2);
+  h2->SetLineColor(2);
+  hs->Add(h2);
+  h1 = (TH1D*) hVtxBarrel_Nhits->Clone();
+  h1->SetLineColor(4);
+  h1->SetFillStyle(3001);
+  h1->SetFillColor(4);
+  hs->Add(h1);
+  hs->Draw("nostack hist");
+  c->BuildLegend();
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_nhits.png");
+  c->SaveAs("results/tracking/rec_central_electrons_nhits.pdf");
+
+
   return 0;
 }