G4XAqmElastic.cc

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//      File name:     G4XAqmElastic
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//      Creation date: 15 April 1999
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// Additive Quark Model Elastic cross section 
// (H.J. Lipkin and F. Scheck, Phys.Rev. 16 (1966) 71
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#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4ios.hh"
#include "G4XAqmElastic.hh"
#include "G4XAqmTotal.hh"
#include "G4KineticTrack.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"


// Validity range of this cross-section
const G4double G4XAqmElastic::_lowLimit = 0.;
const G4double G4XAqmElastic::_highLimit = DBL_MAX;

G4XAqmElastic::G4XAqmElastic()
{ 
  // As a first approximation the model is assumed to be valid over 
  // the entire energy range
}


G4XAqmElastic::~G4XAqmElastic()
{ }


G4bool G4XAqmElastic::operator==(const G4XAqmElastic &right) const
{
  return (this == (G4XAqmElastic *) &right);
}


G4bool G4XAqmElastic::operator!=(const G4XAqmElastic &right) const
{
  return (this != (G4XAqmElastic *) &right);
}


G4double G4XAqmElastic::CrossSection(const G4KineticTrack& trk1, const G4KineticTrack& trk2) const
{
  G4double sigma = 0.;

  // Reference to be checked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  const G4double coeff = 0.39;
  const G4double param = 1.5;

  G4XAqmTotal aqmTotal;

  G4double sigmaTot = aqmTotal.CrossSection(trk1,trk2);
  sigma = coeff * std::pow(sigmaTot,param);  

  // Verify that elastic cross section < total cross section

  if (sigma > sigmaTot) 
    throw G4HadronicException(__FILE__, __LINE__, "G4XAqmElastic::CrossSection - elastic cross section greater than total");

  return sigma;
}


G4String G4XAqmElastic::Name() const
{
  G4String name("AqmElasticCrossSection");
  return name;
}


G4bool G4XAqmElastic::IsValid(G4double e) const
{
  G4bool answer = InLimits(e,_lowLimit,_highLimit);

  return answer;
}