G4ElectronIonPair.hh

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#ifndef G4ElectronIonPair_h
#define G4ElectronIonPair_h 1

// -------------------------------------------------------------
//
// GEANT4 Class header file
//
//
// File name:     G4ElectronIonPair
//
// Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
//
// Creation date: 08.07.2008
//
// Modifications:
//
//
// Class Description:
//   Compution on number of electon-ion or electorn-hole pairs
//   at the step of a particle and sampling ionisation points 
//   in space
//
// Based on ICRU Report 31, 1979
// "Average Energy Required to Produce an Ion Pair" 
//
// 06.04.2010 V. Grichine, substitute Gauss by Gamma for ionisation 
//                         distribution at fixed energy deposition
// 
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#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4Step.hh"
#include "G4ParticleDefinition.hh"
#include "G4ThreeVector.hh"
#include "G4VProcess.hh"
#include <vector>

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class G4Material;

class G4ElectronIonPair
{
public: 

  G4ElectronIonPair();

  virtual ~G4ElectronIonPair();

  // compute mean number of ionisation points at a step
  G4double MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(const G4ParticleDefinition*, 
                     const G4Material*,
                     G4double edepTotal,
                     G4double edepNIEL = 0.0);

  inline G4double MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(const G4Step*); 

  inline G4int SampleNumberOfIonsAlongStep(const G4Step*); 

  // returns pointer to the new vector of positions of
  // ionisation points in the World coordinate system 
  std::vector<G4ThreeVector>* SampleIonsAlongStep(const G4Step*);

  // compute number of holes in the atom after PostStep interaction
  G4int ResidualeChargePostStep(const G4ParticleDefinition*,
                const G4TrackVector* secondary = 0,
                G4int processSubType = -1);

  inline G4int ResidualeChargePostStep(const G4Step*);

  // find mean energies per ionisation 
  G4double FindG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair(const G4Material*);

  // dump mean energies per ionisation used in run time
  void DumpMeanEnergyPerIonPair();

  // dump G4 list
  void DumpG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair();

  inline void SetVerbose(G4int);

private:

  void Initialise();

  G4double FindMeanEnergyPerIonPair(const G4Material*);

  // hide assignment operator
  G4ElectronIonPair & operator=(const G4ElectronIonPair &right);
  G4ElectronIonPair(const G4ElectronIonPair&);

  // cash
  const G4Material*  curMaterial;
  G4double           curMeanEnergy;

  G4double invFanoFactor;
  
  G4int    verbose;             
  G4int    nMaterials;

  // list of G4 NIST materials with mean energy per ion defined 
  std::vector<G4double>  g4MatData;
  std::vector<G4String>  g4MatNames;
};

inline G4double 
G4ElectronIonPair::MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(const G4Step* step)
{
  return MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(step->GetTrack()->GetParticleDefinition(),
                   step->GetPreStepPoint()->GetMaterial(),
                   step->GetTotalEnergyDeposit(),
                   step->GetNonIonizingEnergyDeposit());
}

inline 
G4int G4ElectronIonPair::SampleNumberOfIonsAlongStep(const G4Step* step)
{
  // use gamma distribution with mean value n=meanion and 
  // dispersion D=meanion/invFanoFactor
  G4double meanion = MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(step);
  return G4lrint(CLHEP::RandGamma::shoot(meanion*invFanoFactor,invFanoFactor));
} 

inline 
G4int G4ElectronIonPair::ResidualeChargePostStep(const G4Step* step)
{
  G4int subtype = -1;
  const G4VProcess* proc = step->GetPostStepPoint()->GetProcessDefinedStep();
  if(proc) { subtype = proc->GetProcessSubType(); }
  return ResidualeChargePostStep(step->GetTrack()->GetParticleDefinition(),
                 step->GetSecondary(),
                 subtype);
}

inline void G4ElectronIonPair::SetVerbose(G4int val)
{
  verbose = val;
}

#endif