From 0c6060d65887b639c8b7325182f6b921af03971e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joachimckh <jh@joachimhansen.dk>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:00:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix max pt lead bug for generated

---
 PWGJE/Tasks/jetSpectraEseTask.cxx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PWGJE/Tasks/jetSpectraEseTask.cxx b/PWGJE/Tasks/jetSpectraEseTask.cxx
index 6810033f1ab..a170ea714f3 100644
--- a/PWGJE/Tasks/jetSpectraEseTask.cxx
+++ b/PWGJE/Tasks/jetSpectraEseTask.cxx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ struct JetSpectraEseTask {
   Configurable<bool> cfgUseMCEventWeights{"cfgUseMCEventWeights", false, "Flag for using MC event weights"};
   Configurable<float> leadingConstituentPtMin{"leadingConstituentPtMin", -99.0, "minimum pT selection on jet constituent"};
   Configurable<float> leadingConstituentPtMax{"leadingConstituentPtMax", 9999.0, "maximum pT selection on jet constituent"};
-  Configurable<bool> checkLeadConstituentMinPtForMcpJets{"checkLeadConstituentMinPtForMcpJets", false, "flag to choose whether particle level jets should have their lead track pt above leadingConstituentPtMin to be accepted; off by default, as leadingConstituentPtMin cut is only applied on MCD jets for the Pb-Pb analysis using pp MC anchored to Pb-Pb for the response matrix"};
+  Configurable<bool> checkLeadConstituentPtForMcpJets{"checkLeadConstituentPtForMcpJets", false, "flag to choose whether particle level jets should have their lead track pt above leadingConstituentPtMin to be accepted; off by default, as leadingConstituentPtMin cut is only applied on MCD jets for the Pb-Pb analysis using pp MC anchored to Pb-Pb for the response matrix"};
   Configurable<float> pTHatMaxMCD{"pTHatMaxMCD", 999.0, "maximum fraction of hard scattering for jet acceptance in detector MC"};
   Configurable<float> pTHatMaxMCP{"pTHatMaxMCP", 999.0, "maximum fraction of hard scattering for jet acceptance in particle MC"};
   Configurable<float> pTHatExponent{"pTHatExponent", 6.0, "exponent of the event weight for the calculation of pTHat"};
@@ -2077,6 +2077,9 @@ struct JetSpectraEseTask {
     if (!checkConstituentMinPt && !checkConstituentMaxPt) {
       checkConstituentPt = false;
     }
+    if (mcLevelIsParticleLevel && !checkLeadConstituentPtForMcpJets) {
+      checkConstituentPt = false;
+    }
 
     if (checkConstituentPt) {
       bool isMinLeadingConstituent = !checkConstituentMinPt;
@@ -2085,7 +2088,7 @@ struct JetSpectraEseTask {
       for (const auto& constituent : jet.template tracks_as<TTracks>()) {
         double pt = constituent.pt();
 
-        if ((!checkLeadConstituentMinPtForMcpJets && mcLevelIsParticleLevel) || (checkConstituentMinPt && pt >= leadingConstituentPtMin)) { // if the jet is mcp level and checkLeadConstituentMinPtForMcpJets is true, then the pt of the leading track of that jet does not need to be below the defined leadingConstituentPtMin cut
+        if ((checkConstituentMinPt && pt >= leadingConstituentPtMin)) {
           isMinLeadingConstituent = true;
         }
         if (checkConstituentMaxPt && pt > leadingConstituentPtMax) {