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//      GEANT4 Class file
//
//      File name:     G4PolarizationTransition
//
//      Author:        Jason Detwiler (jasondet@gmail.com)
// 
//      Creation date: Aug 2012
//
//      Description:   
//      Stores and manipulates the statistical tensor describing the nuclear
//      polarization (see Alder and Winther, "Electromagnetic Excitation" (1975),
//      Appendix F). Functions are implemented for generating angular correlations
//      in gamma decays, following Alder and Winther, Appendix G.
//      This code assumes no polarization will be detected and uses eqs (17-20).
//      Adding polarization would require using instead (13) and the more generic
//      form of the statstical tensor after decay described by equation (6)
//      Could be expanded to also generate e.g. gamma-beta and other
//      correlations as well.
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------

#ifndef G4POLARIZATIONTRANSITION_HH
#define G4POLARIZATIONTRANSITION_HH

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4LegendrePolynomial.hh"
#include "G4PolynomialPDF.hh"
#include "G4Pow.hh"

class G4Fragment;

class G4PolarizationTransition
{
  typedef std::vector< std::vector<G4complex> > POLAR;

  public:
    G4PolarizationTransition();
    ~G4PolarizationTransition();

    // generic static functions
    G4double FCoefficient(G4int K, G4int L, G4int Lprime, 
                          G4int twoJ2, G4int twoJ1) const;
    G4double F3Coefficient(G4int K, G4int K2, G4int K1, G4int L, 
                           G4int Lprime, G4int twoJ2, G4int twoJ1) const;

    // transition-specific functions
    G4double GammaTransFCoefficient(G4int K) const;
    G4double GammaTransF3Coefficient(G4int K, G4int K2, G4int K1) const;

    // Gamma angle generation and decay: call these functions in this order!
    // All angles are in the same coordinate system: user may choose any axis
    void SetGammaTransitionData(G4int twoJ1, G4int twoJ2, G4int Lbar, 
                                G4double delta=0, G4int Lprime=1);
    G4double GenerateGammaCosTheta(const POLAR&);
    G4double GenerateGammaPhi(G4double cosTheta, const POLAR&);
    void UpdatePolarizationToFinalState(G4double cosTheta, G4double phi, 
                                        G4Fragment*);

    void DumpTransitionData(const POLAR& pol) const;

  private:

    inline G4double LnFactorial(int k) const { return G4Pow::GetInstance()->logfactorial(k); }

    G4int fTwoJ1, fTwoJ2;
    G4int fLbar, fL;
    G4double fDelta;
    G4PolynomialPDF kPolyPDF;
    G4LegendrePolynomial fgLegendrePolys;
};


#endif