From 186aefa538f4589bad30786f28b3491dd090228e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ralfulrich <ralf.ulrich@kit.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 07:48:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] comment

---
 corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl b/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
index 7f94b1714..75d12f949 100644
--- a/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
+++ b/corsika/detail/modules/energy_loss/BetheBlochPDG.inl
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace corsika {
     GrammageType const grammageStart = shower_axis_.getProjectedX(vTrack.getPosition(0));
     GrammageType const grammageEnd = shower_axis_.getProjectedX(vTrack.getPosition(1));
     GrammageType deltaX = grammageEnd - grammageStart;
-    if (deltaX < GrammageType::zero()) deltaX = -deltaX;
+    if (deltaX < GrammageType::zero()) deltaX = -deltaX; // to catch upward-going particles
     if (deltaX < dX_threshold_) return;
 
     // only register the range that is covered by the profile
-- 
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