pidp_tools.formatting module¶
This module contains some miscellaneous formatting functions.
- pidp_tools.formatting.format_labels(particle)[source]¶
Formats a particle label from a plain string to a LaTeX string.
Parameters¶
- particle : str
The particle label to be converted into a LaTeX string.
Returns¶
- str
The LaTeX formatted label, or the original label if not a valid particle type.
- pidp_tools.formatting.from_pdg(ptype)[source]¶
Finds the string label of the particle based on a Particle Data Group (PDG) number.
Parameters¶
- ptype : int
A PDG number corresponding to a particle in the following list: [“Photon”,”KLong”,”Neutron”,”Proton”,”K+”,”Pi+”,”AntiMuon”,”Positron”,”AntiProton”,”K-“,”Pi-“,”Muon”,”Electron”,”No ID”]
Returns¶
- str
A string of the name of the particle that corresponds to the provided pdg number.