G4ParticleHPThermalBoost.hh

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// 081024 G4NucleiPropertiesTable:: to G4NucleiProperties::
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// P. Arce, June-2014 Conversion neutron_hp to particle_hp
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#ifndef G4ParticleHPThermalBoost_h
#define G4ParticleHPThermalBoost_h
 
#include "G4Electron.hh"
#include "G4Element.hh"
#include "G4HadProjectile.hh"
#include "G4Neutron.hh"
#include "G4NucleiProperties.hh"
#include "G4Nucleus.hh"
#include "G4ReactionProduct.hh"
 
class G4ParticleHPThermalBoost
{
  public:
    G4double GetThermalEnergy(const G4HadProjectile& aP, const G4Element* anE, G4double aT)
    {
      G4double theA = anE->GetN();
      G4double theZ = anE->GetZ();
      return GetThermalEnergy(aP, theA, theZ, aT);
    }
 
    G4double GetThermalEnergy(const G4HadProjectile& aP, G4double theA, G4double theZ, G4double aT)
    {
      // prepare neutron
      G4double eKinetic = aP.GetKineticEnergy();
      G4ReactionProduct theNeutronRP(const_cast<G4ParticleDefinition*>(aP.GetDefinition()));
      theNeutronRP.SetMomentum(aP.Get4Momentum().vect());
      theNeutronRP.SetKineticEnergy(eKinetic);
      G4ThreeVector neuVelo = (1. / aP.GetDefinition()->GetPDGMass()) * theNeutronRP.GetMomentum();
 
      // prepare properly biased thermal nucleus
      G4Nucleus aNuc;
      G4double eps = 0.0001;
      G4double eleMass;
      eleMass = (G4NucleiProperties::GetNuclearMass(static_cast<G4int>(theA + eps),
                                                    static_cast<G4int>(theZ + eps)))
                / G4Neutron::Neutron()->GetPDGMass();
 
      G4ReactionProduct aThermalNuc = aNuc.GetBiasedThermalNucleus(eleMass, neuVelo, aT);
 
      // boost to rest system and return
      G4ReactionProduct boosted;
      boosted.Lorentz(theNeutronRP, aThermalNuc);
      return boosted.GetKineticEnergy();
    }
};
#endif