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====== The convPDGnumber class ======
===== Idea =====
The C++-class **convPDGnumber** takes as an input the numbers of the Monte Carlo particle numbering schemes and provides information about them. The class is based on a list of all particles (PDGLaTeXTable.txt), according to the [[http://pdg.lbl.gov/ |Review of Particle Physics 2008]]. From version 1.1 on, antiparticles are implemented as well.

===== Methods =====
The class has several methods.
  ***latex(PDGnumber)** - Returns the name of the particle in LaTeX-format (with a ''$'' sign at the beginning and the end).
  ***latexNoDollar(PDGnumber)** - Returns the name of the particle in LaTeX-format (without the ''$'' sign at the beginning and the end).
  ***type(PDGnumber)** - Returns the type of the particle, i.e. "Bottom Meson" or "Quarks".
  ***name(PDGnumber)** - Returns the name of the particle in ASCII-format.
  ***print()** - Prints the whole list in ascending order.
===== Compilation =====
The class can be used in conjunction with BGlatex or alone. The easiest is to compile both with the Makefile provided in [[root::backcat]].
===== Disclaimer =====
The numbering scheme is based on the 2008 edition of the Review of Particle Physics. However, I was not always sure when the antiparticles were concerned. I added all the antiparticles that seemed reasonable to me - if they don't exist in reality, the number will never be called and this should not lead to an error.

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