// This code implementation is the intellectual property of // the GEANT4 collaboration. // // By copying, distributing or modifying the Program (or any work // based on the Program) you indicate your acceptance of this statement, // and all its terms. // // $Id: G4eLowEnergyLoss.hh,v 1.1 2000/04/04 13:47:35 lefebure Exp $ // GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-03-01 $ // // ------------------------------------------------------------ // GEANT 4 class header file // // For information related to this code contact: // CERN, IT Division, ASD group // History: first implementation, based on object model of // 2nd December 1995, G.Cosmo // ---------- G4eLowEnergyLoss physics process ----------- // by Laszlo Urban, 20 March 1997 // // 27.05.98 OldGetRange removed + other corrs , L.Urban // 10.09.98 cleanup // 16.10.98 public method SetStepFunction() + messenger class // 20.01.99 new data members , L.Urban // 10.02.00 modifications, new e.m. structure , L.Urban // ------------------------------------------------------------ #ifndef G4eLowEnergyLoss_h #define G4eLowEnergyLoss_h 1 #include "G4ios.hh" #include "globals.hh" #include "Randomize.hh" #include "G4VeLowEnergyLoss.hh" #include "G4Material.hh" #include "G4Element.hh" #include "G4ParticleChangeForLoss.hh" #include "globals.hh" #include "G4Track.hh" #include "G4Step.hh" #include "G4Electron.hh" #include "G4Positron.hh" #include "G4PhysicsLogVector.hh" #include "G4PhysicsLinearVector.hh" #include "G4EnergyLossTables.hh" // Class description: // This class is the implementation of the unified Energy Loss process. // It calculates the continuous energy loss for e+/e-. // The following processes give contributions to the continuous // energy loss (by default) : // --- ionisation (= cont.ion.loss + delta ray production) // --- bremsstrahlung (= cont.loss due to soft brems+discrete bremsstrahlung) // more can be added .......... // This class creates static dE/dx and range tables for e+ and e-, // which tables can be used by other processes , too. // G4eLowEnergyLoss is the base class for the processes giving contribution // to the (continuous) energy loss of e+/e- . // Class description - end class G4EnergyLossMessenger; class G4eLowEnergyLoss : public G4VeLowEnergyLoss { public: G4eLowEnergyLoss(const G4String& ); ~G4eLowEnergyLoss(); public: // With description G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition&); // true for e+/e- , false otherwise void BuildDEDXTable(const G4ParticleDefinition& aParticleType); // It builds dE/dx and range tables for aParticleType and // for every material contained in the materialtable. G4double GetContinuousStepLimit(const G4Track& track, G4double previousStepSize, G4double currentMinimumStep, G4double& currentSafety); // Computes the steplimit due to the energy loss process. G4VParticleChange* AlongStepDoIt(const G4Track& track, const G4Step& Step) ; // Performs the computation of the (continuous) energy loss // after the step (with fluctuation). virtual G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track& track, G4double previousStepSize, G4ForceCondition* condition) = 0; // Virtual function to be overridden in the derived classes // ( ionisation and bremsstrahlung) . virtual G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& track, const G4Step& Step) = 0; // Virtual function to be overridden in the derived classes // ( ionisation and bremsstrahlung) . private: G4double GetConstraints(const G4DynamicParticle* aParticle, G4Material* aMaterial); // hide assignment operator G4eLowEnergyLoss (G4eLowEnergyLoss &); G4eLowEnergyLoss & operator=(const G4eLowEnergyLoss &right); protected: G4PhysicsTable* theLossTable; G4double MinKineticEnergy ; // particle with kinetic energy // smaller than MinKineticEnergy // is stopped in AlongStepDoIt G4double Charge,lastCharge ; private: G4PhysicsTable* theDEDXTable; G4int CounterOfProcess; G4PhysicsTable** RecorderOfProcess; G4double fdEdx; // computed in GetConstraints G4double fRangeNow; // computed in GetConstraints G4double linLossLimit ; // used in AlongStepDoIt //New ParticleChange G4ParticleChangeForLoss fParticleChange ; // // static part of the class // public: // With description static void SetNbOfProcesses(G4int nb) {NbOfProcesses=nb;}; // Sets number of processes giving contribution to the energy loss static void PlusNbOfProcesses() {NbOfProcesses++ ;}; // Increases number of processes giving contribution to the energy loss static void MinusNbOfProcesses() {NbOfProcesses-- ;}; // Decreases number of processes giving contribution to the energy loss static G4int GetNbOfProcesses() {return NbOfProcesses;}; // Gets number of processes giving contribution to the energy loss // ( default value = 2) static void SetLowerBoundEloss(G4double val) {LowerBoundEloss=val;}; static void SetUpperBoundEloss(G4double val) {UpperBoundEloss=val;}; static void SetNbinEloss(G4int nb) {NbinEloss=nb;}; static G4double GetLowerBoundEloss() {return LowerBoundEloss;}; static G4double GetUpperBoundEloss() {return UpperBoundEloss;}; static G4int GetNbinEloss() {return NbinEloss;}; protected: //basic DEDX and Range tables static G4PhysicsTable* theDEDXElectronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theDEDXPositronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theRangeElectronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theRangePositronTable ; //inverse tables of the range tables static G4PhysicsTable* theInverseRangeElectronTable; static G4PhysicsTable* theInverseRangePositronTable; // lab and proper time tables static G4PhysicsTable* theLabTimeElectronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theLabTimePositronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theProperTimeElectronTable ; static G4PhysicsTable* theProperTimePositronTable ; //processes inherited from G4eLowEnergyLoss //register themselves in the static array Recorder //for electrons/positrons separately //nb of contributing processes = NbOfProcesses static G4int NbOfProcesses; static G4int CounterOfElectronProcess; static G4int CounterOfPositronProcess ; static G4PhysicsTable** RecorderOfElectronProcess; static G4PhysicsTable** RecorderOfPositronProcess; private: static G4int NbinEloss; // number of bins in table, // calculated in BuildPhysicTable static G4double LowerBoundEloss; static G4double UpperBoundEloss; static G4double RTable,LOGRTable; // LOGRTable=log(UpperBoundEloss- // LowerBoundEloss)/NbinEloss // RTable = exp(LOGRTable) //for interpolation within the tables static G4PhysicsTable* theeRangeCoeffATable; static G4PhysicsTable* theeRangeCoeffBTable; static G4PhysicsTable* theeRangeCoeffCTable; static G4PhysicsTable* thepRangeCoeffATable; static G4PhysicsTable* thepRangeCoeffBTable; static G4PhysicsTable* thepRangeCoeffCTable; static G4EnergyLossMessenger* eLossMessenger; }; #include "G4eLowEnergyLoss.icc" #endif