G4HadronicProcess.hh

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// $Id: G4HadronicProcess.hh 67989 2013-03-13 10:54:03Z gcosmo $
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// GEANT4 Class header file
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// G4HadronicProcess
//
// This is the top level Hadronic Process class
// The inelastic, elastic, capture, and fission processes
// should derive from this class
//
// original by H.P.Wellisch
// J.L. Chuma, TRIUMF, 10-Mar-1997
// Last modified: 04-Apr-1997
// 19-May-2008 V.Ivanchenko cleanup and added comments
// 05-Jul-2010 V.Ivanchenko cleanup commented lines
// 28-Jul-2012 M.Maire add function GetTargetDefinition() 
// 14-Sep-2012 Inherit from RestDiscrete, use subtype code (now in ctor) to
//              configure base-class
// 28-Sep-2012 M. Kelsey -- Undo inheritance change, keep new ctor

#ifndef G4HadronicProcess_h
#define G4HadronicProcess_h 1
 
#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4VDiscreteProcess.hh"
#include "G4EnergyRangeManager.hh"
#include "G4Nucleus.hh" 
#include "G4ReactionProduct.hh"
#include <vector>
#include "G4VCrossSectionDataSet.hh"
#include "G4VLeadingParticleBiasing.hh"

#include "G4CrossSectionDataStore.hh"
#include "G4HadronicProcessType.hh"

class G4Track;
class G4Step;
class G4Element;
class G4ParticleChange;


class G4HadronicProcess : public G4VDiscreteProcess
{
public:
  G4HadronicProcess(const G4String& processName="Hadronic",
                    G4ProcessType procType=fHadronic);    

  // Preferred signature for subclasses, specifying their subtype here
  G4HadronicProcess(const G4String& processName, 
                    G4HadronicProcessType subType);    

  virtual ~G4HadronicProcess();

  // register generator of secondaries
  void RegisterMe(G4HadronicInteraction* a);

  // get cross section per element
  inline
  G4double GetElementCrossSection(const G4DynamicParticle * part, 
                                  const G4Element * elm, 
                                  const G4Material* mat = 0)
  {
    G4double x = theCrossSectionDataStore->GetCrossSection(part, elm, mat);
    if(x < 0.0) { x = 0.0; }
    return x;
  }

  // obsolete method to get cross section per element
  inline
  G4double GetMicroscopicCrossSection(const G4DynamicParticle * part, 
                                      const G4Element * elm, 
                                      const G4Material* mat = 0)
  { return GetElementCrossSection(part, elm, mat); }

  // generic PostStepDoIt recommended for all derived classes
  virtual G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack, 
                                          const G4Step& aStep);

  // initialisation of physics tables and G4HadronicProcessStore
  virtual void PreparePhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  // build physics tables and print out the configuration of the process
  virtual void BuildPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  // dump physics tables 
  inline void DumpPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition& p)
  { theCrossSectionDataStore->DumpPhysicsTable(p); }

  // add cross section data set
  inline void AddDataSet(G4VCrossSectionDataSet * aDataSet)
  { theCrossSectionDataStore->AddDataSet(aDataSet);}

  // access to the manager
  inline G4EnergyRangeManager *GetManagerPointer()
  { return &theEnergyRangeManager; }
          
  // get inverse cross section per volume
  G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track &aTrack, G4double, 
                           G4ForceCondition *);

  // access to the target nucleus
  inline const G4Nucleus* GetTargetNucleus() const
  { return &targetNucleus; }
  
  //  G4ParticleDefinition* GetTargetDefinition();
  inline const G4Isotope* GetTargetIsotope()
  { return targetNucleus.GetIsotope(); }
  
  virtual void ProcessDescription(std::ostream& outFile) const;
 
protected:    

  // generic method to choose secondary generator 
  // recommended for all derived classes
  inline G4HadronicInteraction* ChooseHadronicInteraction(
      G4double kineticEnergy, G4Material* aMaterial, G4Element* anElement)
  { return theEnergyRangeManager.GetHadronicInteraction(kineticEnergy,
                                                        aMaterial,anElement);
  }

  // access to the target nucleus
  inline G4Nucleus* GetTargetNucleusPointer() 
  { return &targetNucleus; }
  
public:

  void BiasCrossSectionByFactor(G4double aScale);

  // Energy-momentum non-conservation limits and reporting
  inline void SetEpReportLevel(G4int level)
  { epReportLevel = level; }

  inline void SetEnergyMomentumCheckLevels(G4double relativeLevel, G4double absoluteLevel)
  { epCheckLevels.first = relativeLevel;
    epCheckLevels.second = absoluteLevel;
    levelsSetByProcess = true;
  }

  inline std::pair<G4double, G4double> GetEnergyMomentumCheckLevels() const
  { return epCheckLevels; }

  // access to the cross section data store
  inline G4CrossSectionDataStore* GetCrossSectionDataStore()
    {return theCrossSectionDataStore;}

  inline void MultiplyCrossSectionBy(G4double factor)
  { aScaleFactor = factor; }

protected:

  void DumpState(const G4Track&, const G4String&, G4ExceptionDescription&);
            
  // obsolete method will be removed
  inline const G4EnergyRangeManager &GetEnergyRangeManager() const
  { return theEnergyRangeManager; }
    
  // obsolete method will be removed
  inline void SetEnergyRangeManager( const G4EnergyRangeManager &value )
  { theEnergyRangeManager = value; }

  // access to the chosen generator
  inline G4HadronicInteraction* GetHadronicInteraction() const
  { return theInteraction; }
    
  // access to the cross section data set
  inline G4double GetLastCrossSection() 
  { return theLastCrossSection; }

  // fill result
  void FillResult(G4HadFinalState* aR, const G4Track& aT);

  // Check the result for catastrophic energy non-conservation
  G4HadFinalState* CheckResult(const G4HadProjectile& thePro,
                               const G4Nucleus& targetNucleus, 
                               G4HadFinalState* result) const;

  // Check 4-momentum balance
  void CheckEnergyMomentumConservation(const G4Track&, const G4Nucleus&);

private:
  G4double XBiasSurvivalProbability();
  G4double XBiasSecondaryWeight();

  // hide assignment operator as private 
  G4HadronicProcess& operator=(const G4HadronicProcess& right);
  G4HadronicProcess(const G4HadronicProcess&);

  // Set E/p conservation check levels from environment variables
  void GetEnergyMomentumCheckEnvvars();

protected:

  G4HadProjectile thePro;

  G4ParticleChange* theTotalResult; 

  G4int epReportLevel;

private:
    
  G4EnergyRangeManager theEnergyRangeManager;
    
  G4HadronicInteraction* theInteraction;

  G4CrossSectionDataStore* theCrossSectionDataStore;
     
  G4Nucleus targetNucleus;

  bool G4HadronicProcess_debug_flag;

  // Energy-momentum checking
  std::pair<G4double, G4double> epCheckLevels;
  G4bool levelsSetByProcess;

  std::vector<G4VLeadingParticleBiasing *> theBias;
  
  G4double theInitialNumberOfInteractionLength;   

  G4double aScaleFactor;
  G4bool   xBiasOn;
  G4double theLastCrossSection;
};
 
#endif