G4ionEffectiveCharge.hh

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// GEANT4 Class header file
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// File name:     G4ionEffectiveCharge
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// Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
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// Creation date: 03.07.2004
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// Modifications:
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// Class Description:
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// This class manages the simulation of effective charge of ions 
// in the assumption of equilibrium between ion shelss and media.
// J.F.Ziegler and J.M.Manoyan, The stopping of ions in compaunds,
// Nucl. Inst. & Meth. in Phys. Res. B35 (1988) 215-228.
//
 
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#ifndef G4ionEffectiveCharge_h
#define G4ionEffectiveCharge_h 1
 
#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"
 
class G4Material;
class G4NistManager;
 
class G4ionEffectiveCharge 
{
 
public:
 
  G4ionEffectiveCharge();
 
  virtual ~G4ionEffectiveCharge();
 
  G4double EffectiveChargeSquareRatio(
                           const G4ParticleDefinition* p,
                           const G4Material* material,
                     G4double kineticEnergy);
 
  G4double EffectiveCharge(const G4ParticleDefinition* p,
                           const G4Material* material,
                     G4double kineticEnergy);
 
private:
 
  // hide assignment operator
  G4ionEffectiveCharge & operator=(const G4ionEffectiveCharge &right);
  G4ionEffectiveCharge(const G4ionEffectiveCharge&);
 
  G4NistManager*              nist;
 
  const G4ParticleDefinition* lastPart;
  const G4Material*           lastMat;
  G4double                    lastKinEnergy;
 
  G4double                    chargeCorrection;
  G4double                    effCharge;
 
  G4double                    energyHighLimit;
  G4double                    energyLowLimit;
  G4double                    energyBohr;
  G4double                    massFactor;
  G4double                    minCharge;
};
 
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inline G4double G4ionEffectiveCharge::EffectiveChargeSquareRatio(
                           const G4ParticleDefinition* p,
                           const G4Material* material,
                     G4double kineticEnergy)
{
  G4double charge = effCharge;
  if( kineticEnergy != lastKinEnergy || material != lastMat || p != lastPart) {
    charge = EffectiveCharge(p,material,kineticEnergy);
  }
  charge *= chargeCorrection/CLHEP::eplus;
 
  return charge*charge;
}
 
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#endif