G4VHadDecayAlgorithm.hh

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// Abstract base class for multibody "phase space" generators.  Subclasses
// implement a specific algorithm, such as Kopylov, GENBOD, or Makoto's
// NBody.  Subclasses are used by G4HadPhaseSpaceGenerator.
//
// Author:  Michael Kelsey (SLAC) <kelsey@slac.stanford.edu>

#ifndef G4VHadDecayAlgorithm_HH
#define G4VHadDecayAlgorithm_HH 1

#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4LorentzVector.hh"
#include "G4ThreeVector.hh"
#include <vector>
#include <iosfwd>

class G4VHadDecayAlgorithm {
public:
  G4VHadDecayAlgorithm(const G4String& algName, G4int verbose=0)
    : name(algName), verboseLevel(verbose) {;}
  virtual ~G4VHadDecayAlgorithm() {;}

  // Initial state (rest mass) and list of final masses
  void Generate(G4double initialMass,
        const std::vector<G4double>& masses,
        std::vector<G4LorentzVector>& finalState);

  // Enable (or disable if 0) diagnostic messages (subclass may overload)
  virtual void  SetVerboseLevel(G4int verbose) { verboseLevel = verbose; }
  G4int GetVerboseLevel() const { return verboseLevel; }
  const G4String& GetName() const { return name; }
  
protected:
  // Subclasses MUST implement these functions
  virtual void GenerateTwoBody(G4double initialMass,
                   const std::vector<G4double>& masses,
                   std::vector<G4LorentzVector>& finalState) = 0;

  virtual void GenerateMultiBody(G4double initialMass,
                 const std::vector<G4double>& masses,
                 std::vector<G4LorentzVector>& finalState) = 0;

  // Validate kinematics (e.g., limit number of final state particles)
  // Subclasses may override or call back to this function
  virtual G4bool IsDecayAllowed(G4double initialMass,
                const std::vector<G4double>& masses) const;

  // Two-body momentum function (c.f. PDK from CERNLIB W505)
  G4double TwoBodyMomentum(G4double M0, G4double M1, G4double M2) const;

  // Convenience functions for uniform angular distributions
  G4double UniformTheta() const;
  G4double UniformPhi() const;

  // Utility to dump vector contents to line of output
  void PrintVector(const std::vector<G4double>& v, const G4String& name,
           std::ostream& os) const;

private:
  G4String name;
  G4int verboseLevel;
};

#endif  /* G4VHadDecayAlgorithm_HH */