G4hBetheBlochModel.hh

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4hBetheBlochModel
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// Author:        V.Ivanchenko (Vladimir.Ivanchenko@cern.ch)
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// Creation date: 20 July 2000
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// Modifications: 
// 20/07/2000  V.Ivanchenko First implementation
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// Class Description: 
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// Bethe-Bloch ionisation model
// Further documentation available from http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/lowE

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#ifndef G4hBetheBlochModel_h
#define G4hBetheBlochModel_h 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4VLowEnergyModel.hh"

class G4Material;
class G4ParticleDefinition;
class G4DynamicParticle;

class G4hBetheBlochModel : public G4VLowEnergyModel
{

public:

  G4hBetheBlochModel(const G4String& name) ;

  ~G4hBetheBlochModel() ;

  G4double TheValue(const G4DynamicParticle* particle,
                      const G4Material* material);

  G4double TheValue(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle,
                      const G4Material* material,
                                G4double kineticEnergy);

  G4double HighEnergyLimit(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle,
                           const G4Material* material) const;

  G4double LowEnergyLimit(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle,
                          const G4Material* material) const;

  G4double HighEnergyLimit(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle) const;

  G4double LowEnergyLimit(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle) const;
 
  G4bool IsInCharge(const G4DynamicParticle* particle,
            const G4Material* material) const;

  G4bool IsInCharge(const G4ParticleDefinition* aParticle,
            const G4Material* material) const;

protected:

private:

  G4double BetheBlochFormula(const G4Material* material,
                                   G4double kineticEnergy,
                                   G4double particleMass) const;

  // Low energy limit of the model
  G4double lowEnergyLimit;
  G4double highEnergyLimit;

  // constants needed for the energy loss calculation
  
  const G4double twoln10;
  const G4double bg2lim;
  const G4double taulim;    // energy to start to switch off shell corrections

};

#endif