G4BetaSpectrumSampler.cc

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//  File:   G4BetaSpectrumSampler.cc                                          //
//  Author: D.H. Wright                                                       //
//  Date:   21 November 2022                                                  //
//  Description: samples a spectrum which is a piece-wise linear function of  //
//               energy. The CDF is calculated by trapezoidal integration     //
//               and within bins the line y = mx + b is sampled.              //
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#include "G4BetaSpectrumSampler.hh"
#include "Randomize.hh"
 
G4double G4BetaSpectrumSampler::shoot(const G4int npoints, const G4double* aCDF,
                                      const G4double estep)
{
  G4double prob = aCDF[npoints - 1]*G4UniformRand();
  G4int i = 0;
  for (; i<npoints; ++i) { if (prob <= aCDF[i]) { break; } }
  const G4double p1 = (i > 0) ? aCDF[i - 1] : aCDF[0];
  const G4double p2 = aCDF[i];
  const G4double delta = p2 - p1;
  const G4double x = (delta > 0.0) ? estep*i - estep*(p2 - prob)/delta : estep*i;
  return x;
}