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//$Id$
///\file "electromagnetic/TestEm14/.README"
///\brief Example TestEm14 README page
/*! \page ExampleTestEm14 Example TestEm14
- How to compute cross sections from the direct evaluation of the mean
free path ( see below, \ref TestEm14_s4).
- How to plot final state of a process.
\section TestEm14_s1 GEOMETRY DEFINITION
It is a single box representing a 'semi infinite' homogeneous medium.
Two parameters define the geometry :
- the material of the box,
- the (full) size of the box.
The default geometry (100 m of water) is constructed in
DetectorConstruction, but the above parameters can be changed
interactively via the commands defined in DetectorMessenger.
\section TestEm14_s2 PHYSICS LIST
The physics list contains the standard electromagnetic processes.
In order not to introduce 'artificial' constraints on the step size, the
multiple scattering is not instanciated, and all processes are
registered as discrete : there is no continuous energy loss.
\section TestEm14_s3 AN EVENT : THE PRIMARY GENERATOR
The primary kinematic consists of a single particle starting at the edge
of the box. The type of the particle and its energy are set in
PrimaryGeneratorAction (1 MeV gamma), and can be changed via the G4
build-in commands of G4ParticleGun class (see the macros provided with
this example).
\section TestEm14_s4 PHYSICS
An event is killed at the first interaction of the incident paticle.
The absorption length, also called mean free path, is computed as
the mean value of the track length of the incident particle.
This is why the medium must be 'infinite' : to be sure that interaction
occurs at any events.
The result is compared with the 'input' data, i.e. with the cross
sections stored in the PhysicsTables and used by Geant4.
The energy spectrum and the angular distribution of the scattered
particle (if any) and of the created secondaries are plotted (see
SteppingAction).
A set of macros defining various run conditions are provided.
The processes are actived/inactived in order to survey the processes
individually.
\section TestEm14_s5 HISTOGRAMS
The test contains 6 built-in 1D histograms, which are managed by the
HistoManager class and its messenger, HistoMessenger. The histos can be individually
activated with the command :
/analysis/h1/set id nbBins valMin valMax unit
where unit is the desired unit for the histo (MeV or keV, etc..)
(see the macros xxxx.mac).
- 1 : "scattered primary particle: energy spectrum"
- 2 : "scattered primary particle: costheta distribution"
- 3 : "charged secondaries: energy spectrum"
- 4 : "charged secondaries: costheta distribution"
- 5 : "neutral secondaries: energy spectrum"
- 6 : "neutral secondaries: costheta distribution"
The histograms are managed by the HistoManager class and its messenger,
HistoMessenger
The histos can be individually activated with the command :
\verbatim
/analysis/h1/set id nbBins valMin valMax unit
\endverbatim
where unit is the desired unit for the histo (MeV or keV, deg or mrad, etc..)
One can control the name of the histograms file with the command:
\verbatim
/analysis/setFileName name (default testem14)
\endverbatim
It is possible to choose the format of the histogram file : root (default),
hbook, xml, csv, by using namespace in HistoManager.hh
It is also possible to print selected histograms on an ascii file:
\verbatim
/analysis/h1/setAscii id
\endverbatim
All selected histos will be written on a file name.ascii (default testem14)
\subsection TestEm14_sub_s51 Using hbook format
Need a special treatement : the Cern Library must be installed and the
environment variable CERNLIB correctly set. Then, *before* compiling,
activate G4_USE_HBOOK in GNUmakefile and g4hbook.hh in HistoManager.hh
\section TestEm14_s6- VISUALIZATION
The Visualization Manager is set in the main () (see TestEm14.cc).
The initialisation of the drawing is done via the commands
/vis/... in the macro vis.mac. To get visualisation:
\verbatim
> /control/execute vis.mac
\endverbatim
The detector has a default view which is a longitudinal view of the
box.
The tracks are drawn at the end of event, and erased at the end of run.
\section TestEm14_s7- HOW TO START ?
- Execute TestEm14 in 'batch' mode from macro files :
\verbatim
% TestEm14 compt.mac
\endverbatim
- Execute TestEm14 in 'interactive mode' with visualization :
\verbatim
% TestEm14
Idle> control/execute vis.mac
....
Idle> type your commands
....
Idle> exit
\endverbatim
*/