G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest.hh

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//      File name:     G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest.hh 
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//      Author:        Maria Grazia Pia (pia@genova.infn.it)
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//      Creation date: 9 May 1998
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#ifndef G4PIMINUSABSORPTIONATREST_HH
#define G4PIMINUSABSORPTIONATREST_HH

// Class Description:
//
// Alternative Process for absorption of pi- at rest. 
// To be used in your physics list in case you need this physics.


#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4VRestProcess.hh"
#include "G4ParticleTypes.hh"
#include "G4PiMinusStopMaterial.hh"
#include "G4PiMinusStopAbsorption.hh"
#include "G4StopDeexcitation.hh"
#include "G4StopDeexcitationAlgorithm.hh"
#include "G4HadronicProcessType.hh"

class G4DynamicParticle;

class G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest : public G4VRestProcess
{  

private:

  // Hide assignment operator as private 
  G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest& operator=(const G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest &right);

  // Copy constructor
  G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest(const G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest& );

public:

  // Constructor
  G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest(const G4String& processName ="PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest", 
                       G4ProcessType   aType = fHadronic );

  // Destructor
  ~G4PiMinusAbsorptionAtRest();

  G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition& particle) 
    { return ( particle == *(G4PionMinus::PionMinus()) ); }

  void PreparePhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  void BuildPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  G4VParticleChange* AtRestDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack, const G4Step& aStep); 

  void SetDeexcitationAlgorithm(G4int index);

protected:                         

  // zero mean lifetime
  G4double GetMeanLifeTime(const G4Track& aTrack,
               G4ForceCondition* ) 
  {
     G4double result = 0;
     if(aTrack.GetMaterial()->GetNumberOfElements() == 1)
        if(aTrack.GetMaterial()->GetZ()<1.5) result = DBL_MAX;
     return result;
   }
private:

  //  G4PiMinusStopAbsorption* _stopAbsorption;
  //  G4StopDeexcitation* _stopDeexcitation;
  G4int _indexDeexcitation;

  G4PiMinusStopMaterial* LoadAlgorithm(int Z);
  G4StopDeexcitationAlgorithm* LoadNucleusAlgorithm();
};
 

#endif