G4RToEConvForElectron.cc

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// G4RToEConvForElectron class implementation
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// Author: H.Kurashige, 05 October 2002 - First implementation
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#include "G4RToEConvForElectron.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"
#include "G4ParticleTable.hh"
#include "G4Material.hh"
#include "G4PhysicsLogVector.hh"
 
#include "G4ios.hh"
#include "G4PhysicalConstants.hh"
#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
G4RToEConvForElectron::G4RToEConvForElectron() 
  : G4VRangeToEnergyConverter()
{    
  theParticle = G4ParticleTable::GetParticleTable()->FindParticle("e-");
  if (theParticle == nullptr )
  {
#ifdef G4VERBOSE
    if (GetVerboseLevel()>0)
    {
      G4cout << "G4RToEConvForElectron::G4RToEConvForElectron() - ";
      G4cout << "Electron is not defined !!" << G4endl;
    }
#endif
  }
  else
  {
    Mass = theParticle->GetPDGMass();
  }
}
 
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
G4RToEConvForElectron::~G4RToEConvForElectron()
{ 
}
 
// ***********************************************************************
// ************************** ComputeLoss ********************************
// ***********************************************************************
G4double G4RToEConvForElectron::ComputeLoss(G4double AtomicNumber,
                                            G4double KineticEnergy) 
{
  const G4double cbr1=0.02, cbr2=-5.7e-5, cbr3=1., cbr4=0.072;
  const G4double Tlow=10.*keV, Thigh=1.*GeV;
 
  //  calculate dE/dx for electrons
  if( std::fabs(AtomicNumber-Z)>0.1 )
  {
    Z = AtomicNumber;
    taul = Tlow/Mass;
    ionpot = 1.6e-5*MeV*std::exp(0.9*std::log(Z))/Mass;
    ionpotlog = std::log(ionpot);
  } 
 
  G4double tau = KineticEnergy/Mass;
  G4double dEdx;
 
  if(tau<taul)
  {
    G4double t1 = taul+1.;
    G4double t2 = taul+2.;
    G4double tsq = taul*taul;
    G4double beta2 = taul*t2/(t1*t1);
    G4double f = 1.-beta2+std::log(tsq/2.)
               +(0.5+0.25*tsq+(1.+2.*taul)*std::log(0.5))/(t1*t1);
    dEdx = (std::log(2.*taul+4.)-2.*ionpotlog+f)/beta2;
    dEdx = twopi_mc2_rcl2*Z*dEdx;
    G4double clow = dEdx*std::sqrt(taul);
    dEdx = clow/std::sqrt(KineticEnergy/Mass);
  }
  else
  {
    G4double t1 = tau+1.;
    G4double t2 = tau+2.;
    G4double tsq = tau*tau;
    G4double beta2 = tau*t2/(t1*t1);
    G4double f = 1.-beta2+std::log(tsq/2.)
                   +(0.5+0.25*tsq+(1.+2.*tau)*std::log(0.5))/(t1*t1);
    dEdx = (std::log(2.*tau+4.)-2.*ionpotlog+f)/beta2;
    dEdx = twopi_mc2_rcl2*Z*dEdx;
 
    // loss from bremsstrahlung follows
    G4double cbrem = (cbr1+cbr2*Z)
                       *(cbr3+cbr4*std::log(KineticEnergy/Thigh));
    cbrem = Z*(Z+1.)*cbrem*tau/beta2;
 
    cbrem *= bremfactor ;
 
    dEdx += twopi_mc2_rcl2*cbrem;
  }
 
  return dEdx;
}