SteppingAction.cc

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#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
#include "G4SteppingManager.hh"

#include "SteppingAction.hh"
#include "RunAction.hh"
#include "DetectorConstruction.hh"
#include "Analysis.hh"

#include "G4Alpha.hh"

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SteppingAction::SteppingAction(RunAction* run,DetectorConstruction* det)
:fRun(run),fDetector(det)
{ }

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SteppingAction::~SteppingAction()
{ }

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void SteppingAction::UserSteppingAction(const G4Step* aStep)
  
{ 
  G4AnalysisManager* man = G4AnalysisManager::Instance();

// COUNT GAS DETECTOR HITS

if (       ((aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalCollDetYoke())
        &&  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalIsobutane())
        &&  (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition() ))
        
        || 
           ((aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalCollDetGap4())
        &&  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalIsobutane())
        &&  (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition() ))

        ||

           ((aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalCollDetGap4())
        &&  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalIsobutane())
        &&  (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition() ))

    )
        {
          fRun->AddNbOfHitsGas();       
        }
        
// STOPPING POWER AND BEAM SPOT SIZE AT CELL ENTRANCE

if (       ((aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalPolyprop())
        &&  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalKgm())
        &&  (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition() ))
        
        || 
           ((aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalPolyprop())
        &&  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPhysicalVolume()->GetName() == "physicalCytoplasm")
        &&  (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition() ))
    )
        {
        
         if( (aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetKineticEnergy() - aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetKineticEnergy() ) >0) 
         {
           //Fill ntupleid=1 
           man->FillNtupleDColumn(1,0,aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetKineticEnergy()/keV);
           man->FillNtupleDColumn(1,1,
                                  (aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetKineticEnergy() -
                                   aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetKineticEnergy())/
                                  keV/(aStep->GetStepLength()/micrometer));
           man->AddNtupleRow(1);
         }

         // Average dE over step suggested by Michel Maire

         G4StepPoint* p1 = aStep->GetPreStepPoint();
         G4ThreeVector coord1 = p1->GetPosition();
         const G4AffineTransform transformation1 = p1->GetTouchable()->GetHistory()->GetTopTransform();
         G4ThreeVector localPosition1 = transformation1.TransformPoint(coord1);

         G4StepPoint* p2 = aStep->GetPostStepPoint();
         G4ThreeVector coord2 = p2->GetPosition();
         const G4AffineTransform transformation2 = p2->GetTouchable()->GetHistory()->GetTopTransform();
         G4ThreeVector localPosition2 = transformation2.TransformPoint(coord2);

         G4ThreeVector localPosition = localPosition1 + G4UniformRand()*(localPosition2-localPosition1);
         
         // end
         //Fill ntupleid=2
         man->FillNtupleDColumn(2,0,localPosition.x()/micrometer);
         man->FillNtupleDColumn(2,1,localPosition.y()/micrometer);
         man->AddNtupleRow(2);
        }

// ALPHA RANGE

if (

        (aStep->GetTrack()->GetDynamicParticle()->GetDefinition() == G4Alpha::AlphaDefinition())
        
        &&
        
        (aStep->GetTrack()->GetKineticEnergy()<1e-6)
        
        &&
                        
          ( (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPhysicalVolume()->GetName() == "physicalCytoplasm")
        ||  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetVolume()->GetLogicalVolume() == fDetector->GetLogicalKgm())    
        ||  (aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPhysicalVolume()->GetName() == "physicalNucleus") )  
                
   )
        
        {
           //Fill ntupleid=3
          man->FillNtupleDColumn(3,0,
                                 aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPosition().x()/micrometer);
          man->FillNtupleDColumn(3,1,
                                 aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPosition().y()/micrometer);
          man->FillNtupleDColumn(3,2,
                                 aStep->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPosition().z()/micrometer);
          man->AddNtupleRow(3);
        }

// TOTAL DOSE DEPOSIT AND DOSE DEPOSIT WITHIN A PHANTOM VOXEL
// FOR ALL PARTICLES

if (aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetPhysicalVolume()->GetName()  == "physicalNucleus")

        { 
         G4double dose = (aStep->GetTotalEnergyDeposit()/joule)/(fRun->GetMassNucleus()/kg);
         fRun->AddDoseN(dose);

         G4ThreeVector v;
         fRun->AddDoseBox(aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetReplicaNumber(),
          aStep->GetTotalEnergyDeposit()/eV);
        }


if (aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetPhysicalVolume()->GetName()  == "physicalCytoplasm")

        { 
         G4double dose = (aStep->GetTotalEnergyDeposit()/joule)/(fRun->GetMassCytoplasm()/kg);
         fRun->AddDoseC(dose);

         G4ThreeVector v;
         fRun->AddDoseBox(aStep->GetPreStepPoint()->GetTouchableHandle()->GetReplicaNumber(),
          aStep->GetTotalEnergyDeposit()/eV);
        }
}