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27 // $Id: G4OpAbsorption.hh 69576 2013-05-08 13:48:13Z gcosmo $
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30 // Optical Photon Absorption Class Definition
32 //
33 // File: G4OpAbsorption.hh
34 // Description: Discrete Process -- Bulk absorption of Optical Photons
35 // Version: 1.0
36 // Created: 1996-05-21
37 // Author: Juliet Armstrong
38 // Updated: 2005-07-28 add G4ProcessType to constructor
39 // 1999-10-29 add method and class descriptors
40 // 1997-04-09 by Peter Gumplinger
41 // > new physics/tracking scheme
42 // 1998-08-25 by Stefano Magni
43 // > Change process to use G4MaterialPropertiesTables
44 // mail: gum@triumf.ca
45 // magni@mi.infn.it
46 //
48 
49 #ifndef G4OpAbsorption_h
50 #define G4OpAbsorption_h 1
51 
53 // Includes
55 
56 #include "globals.hh"
57 #include "templates.hh"
58 #include "Randomize.hh"
59 #include "G4Step.hh"
60 #include "G4VDiscreteProcess.hh"
61 #include "G4DynamicParticle.hh"
62 #include "G4Material.hh"
63 #include "G4OpticalPhoton.hh"
64 
65 // Class Description:
66 // Discrete Process -- Bulk absorption of Optical Photons.
67 // Class inherits publicly from G4VDiscreteProcess
68 // Class Description - End:
69 
71 // Class Definition
73 
75 {
76 
77 public:
78 
80  // Constructors and Destructor
82 
83  G4OpAbsorption(const G4String& processName = "OpAbsorption",
84  G4ProcessType type = fOptical);
86 
87 private:
88 
90 
92  // Operators
94 
95  G4OpAbsorption& operator=(const G4OpAbsorption &right);
96 
97 public:
98 
100  // Methods
102 
103  G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition& aParticleType);
104  // Returns true -> 'is applicable' only for an optical photon.
105 
106  G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track& aTrack,
107  G4double ,
108  G4ForceCondition* );
109  // Returns the absorption length for bulk absorption of optical
110  // photons in media with a specified attenuation length.
111 
112  G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack,
113  const G4Step& aStep);
114  // This is the method implementing bulk absorption of optical
115  // photons.
116 
117 };
118 
120 // Inline methods
122 
123 inline
125 {
126  return ( &aParticleType == G4OpticalPhoton::OpticalPhoton() );
127 }
128 
129 #endif /* G4OpAbsorption_h */
G4OpAbsorption(const G4String &processName="OpAbsorption", G4ProcessType type=fOptical)
G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition &aParticleType)
bool G4bool
Definition: G4Types.hh:79
G4VParticleChange * PostStepDoIt(const G4Track &aTrack, const G4Step &aStep)
Definition: G4Step.hh:76
static G4OpticalPhoton * OpticalPhoton()
double G4double
Definition: G4Types.hh:76
G4ForceCondition
G4ProcessType
G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track &aTrack, G4double, G4ForceCondition *)