G4IonParametrisedLossModel.hh

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// GEANT4 class header file
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// Class:                G4IonParametrisedLossModel
//
// Base class:           G4VEmModel (utils)
// 
// Author:               Anton Lechner ([email protected])
//
// First implementation: 10. 11. 2008
//
// Modifications: 03. 02. 2009 - Bug fix iterators (AL)
//                11. 03. 2009 - Introduced new table handler(G4IonDEDXHandler)
//                               and modified method to add/remove tables 
//                               (tables are now built in init. phase),
//                               Minor bug fix in ComputeDEDXPerVolume (AL) 
//                12. 11. 2009 - Added function for switching off scaling 
//                               of heavy ions from ICRU 73 data
//                20. 11. 2009 - Added set-method for energy loss limit (AL)
//                24. 11. 2009 - Bug fix: Range calculation corrected if same 
//                               materials appears with different cuts in diff.
//                               regions (added UpdateRangeCache function and
//                               modified BuildRangeVector, ComputeLossForStep
//                               functions accordingly, added new cache param.,
//                               changed typdef of IonMatCouple).
//                             - Removed GetRange function (AL)  
//
// Class description:
//    Model for computing the energy loss of ions by employing a 
//    parameterisation of dE/dx tables (default ICRU 73 tables). For 
//    ion-material combinations and/or projectile energies not covered 
//    by this model, the G4BraggIonModel and G4BetheBloch models are
//    employed.
//
// Comments:
//
// =========================================================================== 
 
 
#ifndef G4IONPARAMETRISEDLOSSMODEL_HH
#define G4IONPARAMETRISEDLOSSMODEL_HH
 
#include <iomanip>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <utility>
#include <CLHEP/Units/PhysicalConstants.h>
 
#include "G4VEmModel.hh"
#include "G4EmCorrections.hh"
#include "G4IonDEDXHandler.hh"
 
class G4BraggIonModel;
class G4BetheBlochModel;
class G4ParticleChangeForLoss;
class G4VIonDEDXTable;
class G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm;
class G4LPhysicsFreeVector;
class G4MaterialCutsCouple;
 
typedef std::list<G4IonDEDXHandler*> LossTableList;
typedef std::pair<const G4ParticleDefinition*, 
                  const G4MaterialCutsCouple*> IonMatCouple;
 
 
class G4IonParametrisedLossModel : public G4VEmModel {
 
 public:
   G4IonParametrisedLossModel(const G4ParticleDefinition* particle = 0,
                              const G4String& name = "ParamICRU73");
 
   virtual ~G4IonParametrisedLossModel();
 
   virtual void Initialise(
                           const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                           const G4DataVector&); // Cut energies
 
   virtual G4double MinEnergyCut(
                                 const G4ParticleDefinition*,  // Projectile
                     const G4MaterialCutsCouple*);
 
   virtual G4double ComputeCrossSectionPerAtom(
                                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 G4double,  // Kinetic energy of projectile
                 G4double,  // Atomic number
                                 G4double,  // Mass number
                 G4double,  // Energy cut for secondary prod.
                 G4double); // Maximum energy of secondaries
                                 
   virtual G4double CrossSectionPerVolume(
                                 const G4Material*,  // Target material
                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 G4double,  // Kinetic energy
                 G4double,  // Energy cut for secondary prod.
                 G4double); // Maximum energy of secondaries
                 
   virtual G4double ComputeDEDXPerVolume(
                                 const G4Material*, // Target material
                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 G4double,  // Kinetic energy of projectile
                 G4double); // Energy cut for secondary prod.
 
   // Function, which computes the continuous energy loss (due to electronic
   // stopping) for a given pre-step energy and step length by using
   // range vs energy (and energy vs range) tables  
   G4double ComputeLossForStep(
                                 const G4MaterialCutsCouple*, // Mat-cuts couple
                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 G4double,  // Kinetic energy of projectile
                 G4double); // Length of current step
 
   // Function, which computes the mean energy transfer rate to delta rays 
   inline G4double DeltaRayMeanEnergyTransferRate(
                                 const G4Material*, // Target Material
                     const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 G4double,  // Kinetic energy of projectile
                 G4double); // Energy cut for secondary prod.
 
 
   virtual void SampleSecondaries(std::vector<G4DynamicParticle*>*,
                 const G4MaterialCutsCouple*,
                 const G4DynamicParticle*,
                 G4double,  // Energy cut for secondary prod.
                                 G4double); // Maximum energy of secondaries
 
   virtual G4double GetChargeSquareRatio(
                                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 const G4Material*,  // Target Material
                 G4double); // Kinetic energy of projectile
 
   virtual G4double GetParticleCharge(
                                 const G4ParticleDefinition*, // Projectile
                 const G4Material*,  // Target Material
                 G4double); // Kinetic energy of projectile 
 
   virtual void CorrectionsAlongStep(
                                 const G4MaterialCutsCouple*,// Mat.-Cut couple
                 const G4DynamicParticle*,  // Dyn. particle
                 G4double&, // Energy loss in current step
                 G4double&, 
                 G4double); // Length of current step
 
   // Function which allows to add additional stopping power tables
   // in combination with a scaling algorithm, which may depend on dynamic
   // information like the current particle energy (the table and scaling 
   // algorithm are used via a handler class, which performs e.g.caching or
   // which applies the scaling of energy and dE/dx values)
   G4bool AddDEDXTable(const G4String& name,
                     G4VIonDEDXTable* table, 
                     G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm* algorithm = 0); 
 
   G4bool RemoveDEDXTable(const G4String& name); 
 
   // Function which allows to switch off scaling of stopping powers of heavy
   // ions from existing ICRU 73 data
   // void DeactivateICRU73Scaling();
 
   // Function checking the applicability of physics tables to ion-material
   // combinations (Note: the energy range of tables is not checked)
   inline LossTableList::iterator IsApplicable(
                      const G4ParticleDefinition*,  // Projectile (ion) 
                      const G4Material*);           // Target material
 
   // Function printing a dE/dx table for a given ion-material combination
   // and a specified energy grid 
   void PrintDEDXTable(
                      const G4ParticleDefinition*,  // Projectile (ion) 
                      const G4Material*, // Absorber material
                      G4double,          // Minimum energy per nucleon
                      G4double,          // Maximum energy per nucleon
                      G4int,             // Number of bins
                      G4bool);           // Logarithmic scaling of energy
 
   // Function printing a dE/dx table for a given ion-material combination
   // and a specified energy grid 
   void PrintDEDXTableHandlers(
                      const G4ParticleDefinition*,  // Projectile (ion) 
                      const G4Material*, // Absorber material
                      G4double,          // Minimum energy per nucleon
                      G4double,          // Maximum energy per nucleon
                      G4int,             // Number of bins
                      G4bool);           // Logarithmic scaling of energy
   
   // Function for setting energy loss limit for stopping power integration
   inline void SetEnergyLossLimit(G4double ionEnergyLossLimit); 
 
 protected:
 
   virtual 
   G4double MaxSecondaryEnergy(const G4ParticleDefinition*,
                   G4double);   // Kinetic energy of projectile
 
 private:
   // Function which updates parameters concerning the dE/dx calculation
   // (the parameters are only updated if the particle, the material or 
   // the associated energy cut has changed)
   void UpdateDEDXCache(
                  const G4ParticleDefinition*,   // Projectile (ion) 
                  const G4Material*,             // Target material
                  G4double cutEnergy);           // Energy cut
 
   // Function which updates parameters concerning the range calculation
   // (the parameters are only updated if the particle, the material or 
   // the associated energy cut has changed)
   void UpdateRangeCache(
                  const G4ParticleDefinition*,   // Projectile (ion) 
                  const G4MaterialCutsCouple*);  // Target material
 
   // Function, which updates parameters concering particle properties
   inline void UpdateCache(
                  const G4ParticleDefinition*);  // Projectile (ion) 
 
   // Function, which builds range vs energy (and energy vs range) vectors
   // for a given particle, material and energy cut   
   void BuildRangeVector(
                  const G4ParticleDefinition*,   // Projectile (ion) 
                  const G4MaterialCutsCouple*);  // Material cuts couple
 
   // Assignment operator and copy constructor are hidden:
   G4IonParametrisedLossModel & operator=(
                              const G4IonParametrisedLossModel &right);
   G4IonParametrisedLossModel(const G4IonParametrisedLossModel &);
   
   // ######################################################################
   // # Models and dE/dx tables for computing the energy loss 
   // # 
   // ######################################################################
 
   // G4BraggIonModel and G4BetheBlochModel are used for ion-target
   // combinations and/or projectile energies not covered by parametrisations
   // adopted by this model:
   G4BraggIonModel* braggIonModel;
   G4BetheBlochModel* betheBlochModel;
 
   // List of dE/dx tables plugged into the model
   LossTableList lossTableList;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # Maps of Range vs Energy and Energy vs Range vectors
   // # 
   // ######################################################################
 
   typedef std::map<IonMatCouple, G4LPhysicsFreeVector*> RangeEnergyTable; 
   RangeEnergyTable r;
 
   typedef std::map<IonMatCouple, G4LPhysicsFreeVector*> EnergyRangeTable; 
   EnergyRangeTable E;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # Energy grid definitions (e.g. used for computing range-energy 
   // # tables)
   // ######################################################################
 
   G4double lowerEnergyEdgeIntegr;
   G4double upperEnergyEdgeIntegr;
 
   size_t nmbBins;
   size_t nmbSubBins;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # Particle change for loss
   // # 
   // ######################################################################
 
   // Pointer to particle change object, which is used to set e.g. the
   // energy loss and secondary delta-electron
   // used indicating if model is initialized  
   G4ParticleChangeForLoss* particleChangeLoss;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # Corrections and energy loss limit
   // # 
   // ######################################################################
   
   // Pointer to an G4EmCorrections object, which is used to compute the
   // effective ion charge, and other corrections (like high order corrections
   // to stopping powers) 
   G4EmCorrections* corrections;
 
   // Corrections factor for effective charge, computed for each particle
   // step
   G4double corrFactor;
 
   // Parameter indicating the maximal fraction of kinetic energy, which
   // a particle may loose along a step, in order that the simple relation
   // (dE/dx)*l can still be applied to compute the energy loss (l = step 
   // length)
   G4double energyLossLimit;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # Cut energies and properties of generic ion
   // # 
   // ######################################################################
 
   // Vector containing the current cut energies (the vector index matches
   // the material-cuts couple index):
   G4DataVector cutEnergies;
 
   // Pointer to generic ion and mass of generic ion
   const G4ParticleDefinition* genericIon;
   G4double genericIonPDGMass;
 
   // ######################################################################
   // # "Most-recently-used" cache parameters
   // #
   // ######################################################################
 
   // Cached key (particle) and value information for a faster 
   // access of particle-related information
   const G4ParticleDefinition* cacheParticle; // Key: Current projectile
   G4double cacheMass;                        // Projectile mass
   G4double cacheElecMassRatio;               // Electron-mass ratio
   G4double cacheChargeSquare;                // Charge squared
 
   // Cached parameters needed during range computations:
   const G4ParticleDefinition* rangeCacheParticle; // Key: 1) Current ion,
   const G4MaterialCutsCouple* rangeCacheMatCutsCouple; // 2) Mat-cuts-couple
   G4PhysicsVector* rangeCacheEnergyRange;         // Energy vs range vector
   G4PhysicsVector* rangeCacheRangeEnergy;         // Range vs energy vector
 
   // Cached parameters needed during dE/dx computations:
   const G4ParticleDefinition* dedxCacheParticle; // Key: 1) Current ion,
   const G4Material* dedxCacheMaterial;           //      2) material and
   G4double dedxCacheEnergyCut;                   //      3) cut energy 
   LossTableList::iterator dedxCacheIter;         // Responsible dE/dx table
   G4double dedxCacheTransitionEnergy;      // Transition energy between
                                            // parameterization and 
                                            // Bethe-Bloch model
   G4double dedxCacheTransitionFactor;      // Factor for smoothing the dE/dx
                                            // values in the transition region
   G4double dedxCacheGenIonMassRatio;       // Ratio of generic ion mass       
                                            // and current particle mass
   G4bool isInitialised;
};
 
 
#include "G4IonParametrisedLossModel.icc"
 
#endif