G4ionIonisation.hh

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// GEANT4 Class header file
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// File name:     G4ionIonisation
//
// Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
//
// Creation date: 07.05.2002
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// Modifications:
//
// 26-12-02 Secondary production moved to derived classes (VI)
// 24-01-03 Make models region aware (V.Ivanchenko)
// 05-02-03 Fix compilation warnings (V.Ivanchenko)
// 13-02-03 SubCutoff regime is assigned to a region (V.Ivanchenko)
// 15-02-03 Add control on delta pointer (V.Ivanchenko)
// 23-05-03 Add fluctuation model as a member function (V.Ivanchenko)
// 03-08-03 Add effective charge and saturation of tmax (V.Ivanchenko)
// 12-11-03 Fix problem of negative effective charge (V.Ivanchenko)
// 12-11-03 G4EnergyLossSTD -> G4EnergyLossProcess (V.Ivanchenko)
// 21-01-04 Migrade to G4ParticleChangeForLoss (V.Ivanchenko)
// 08-11-04 Migration to new interface of Store/Retrieve tables (V.Ivantchenko)
// 08-04-05 Major optimisation of internal interfaces (V.Ivantchenko)
// 11-04-05 Move MaxSecondary energy to model (V.Ivanchneko)
// 11-04-04 Move MaxSecondaryEnergy to models (V.Ivanchenko)
// 10-05-06 Add a possibility to download user data (V.Ivantchenko)
// 22-07-06 Remove obsolete method (V.Ivantchenko)
// 07-11-07 Moved CorrectionsAlongStep to cc (V.Ivantchenko)
// 12-09-08 Removed InitialiseMassCharge and CorrectionsAlongStep (VI)
//
// Class Description:
//
// This class manages the ionisation process for ions. Effective charge,
// nuclear stopping power, energy loss corrections are taken into account.
// It inherites from G4VEnergyLossLoss.
//

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#ifndef G4ionIonisation_h
#define G4ionIonisation_h 1

#include "G4VEnergyLossProcess.hh"

class G4Material;
class G4EmCorrections;

class G4ionIonisation : public G4VEnergyLossProcess
{
public:

  G4ionIonisation(const G4String& name = "ionIoni");

  virtual ~G4ionIonisation();

  virtual G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition& p);

  // Print out of the class parameters
  virtual void PrintInfo();

  void AddStoppingData(G4int Z, G4int A, const G4String& materialName,
               G4PhysicsVector* dVector);

  void ActivateStoppingData(G4bool);

protected:

  virtual void InitialiseEnergyLossProcess(const G4ParticleDefinition*,
                       const G4ParticleDefinition*);

  virtual G4double MinPrimaryEnergy(const G4ParticleDefinition* p,
                   const G4Material*, G4double cut);

  inline G4double BetheBlochEnergyThreshold();

private:

  // hide assignment operator
  G4ionIonisation & operator=(const G4ionIonisation &right);
  G4ionIonisation(const G4ionIonisation&);

  G4EmCorrections*            corr;

  const G4ParticleDefinition* theParticle;

  G4double   eth;

  G4bool     isInitialised;
  G4bool     stopDataActive;
};

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inline void G4ionIonisation::ActivateStoppingData(G4bool val)
{
  stopDataActive = val;
}

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inline G4double G4ionIonisation::BetheBlochEnergyThreshold()
{
  return eth;
}

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#endif