FittingDemo.cxx

//Example for fitting signal/background.
// This example can be executed with:
// root > .x FittingDemo.C  (using the CINT interpreter)
// root > .x FittingDemo.C+ (using the native complier via ACLIC)
//Author: Rene Brun

#include "TH1.h"
#include "TMath.h"
#include "TF1.h"
#include "TLegend.h"
#include "TCanvas.h"

// Quadratic background function
Double_t background(Double_t *x, Double_t *par) {
	return par[0] + par[1]*x[0] + par[2]*x[0]*x[0];
}


// Lorenzian Peak function
Double_t lorentzianPeak(Double_t *x, Double_t *par) {
	return (0.5*par[0]*par[1]/TMath::Pi()) /
			TMath::Max( 1.e-10,(x[0]-par[2])*(x[0]-par[2])
					+ .25*par[1]*par[1]);
}

// Sum of background and peak function
Double_t fitFunction(Double_t *x, Double_t *par) {
	return background(x,par) + lorentzianPeak(x,&par[3]);
}

void FittingDemo() {
	//Bevington Exercise by Peter Malzacher, modified by Rene Brun

	const int nBins = 60;

	Double_t data[nBins] = { 6, 1,10,12, 6,13,23,22,15,21,
			23,26,36,25,27,35,40,44,66,81,
			75,57,48,45,46,41,35,36,53,32,
			40,37,38,31,36,44,42,37,32,32,
			43,44,35,33,33,39,29,41,32,44,
			26,39,29,35,32,21,21,15,25,15};
	TCanvas *c1 = new TCanvas("c1","Fitting Demo",10,10,700,500);
	c1->SetFillColor(33);
	c1->SetFrameFillColor(41);
	c1->SetGrid();

	TH1F *histo = new TH1F("histo",
			"Lorentzian Peak on Quadratic Background",60,0,3);
	histo->SetMarkerStyle(21);
	histo->SetMarkerSize(0.8);
	histo->SetStats(0);

	for(int i=0; i < nBins;  i++) histo->SetBinContent(i+1,data[i]);

	// create a TF1 with the range from 0 to 3 and 6 parameters
	TF1 *fitFcn = new TF1("fitFcn",fitFunction,0,3,6);
	fitFcn->SetNpx(500);
	fitFcn->SetLineWidth(4);
	fitFcn->SetLineColor(kMagenta);

	// first try without starting values for the parameters
	// This defaults to 1 for each param.
	// this results in an ok fit for the polynomial function
	// however the non-linear part (lorenzian) does not
	// respond well.
	fitFcn->SetParameters(1,1,1,1,1,1);
	histo->Fit("fitFcn","0");

	// second try: set start values for some parameters
	fitFcn->SetParameter(4,0.2); // width
	fitFcn->SetParameter(5,1);   // peak

	histo->Fit("fitFcn","V+","ep");

	// improve the picture:
	TF1 *backFcn = new TF1("backFcn",background,0,3,3);
	backFcn->SetLineColor(kRed);
	TF1 *signalFcn = new TF1("signalFcn",lorentzianPeak,0,3,3);
	signalFcn->SetLineColor(kBlue);
	signalFcn->SetNpx(500);
	Double_t par[6];

	// writes the fit results into the par array
	fitFcn->GetParameters(par);

	backFcn->SetParameters(par);
	backFcn->Draw("same");

	signalFcn->SetParameters(&par[3]);
	signalFcn->Draw("same");

	// draw the legend
	TLegend *legend=new TLegend(0.6,0.65,0.88,0.85);
	legend->SetTextFont(72);
	legend->SetTextSize(0.04);
	legend->AddEntry(histo,"Data","lpe");
	legend->AddEntry(backFcn,"Background fit","l");
	legend->AddEntry(signalFcn,"Signal fit","l");
	legend->AddEntry(fitFcn,"Global Fit","l");
	legend->Draw();

}