G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution.cc

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution
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// Author:     Vladimir Ivanchenko using Michel Maire algorithm
//             developed for Geant3
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// Creation date: 23 July 2012
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// Modified: 
//   04.05.2017 Marilena Bandieramonte implemented Penelope 2014 algorithm
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#include "G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution.hh"
#include "G4PhysicalConstants.hh"
#include "Randomize.hh"
 
G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution::G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution()
  : G4VEmAngularDistribution("SauterGavrila")
{}    
 
G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution::~G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution() 
{}
 
G4ThreeVector&  G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution::SampleDirection( 
       const G4DynamicParticle* dp, G4double, G4int, const G4Material*)
{
  static const G4double emin = 1*CLHEP::eV;
  static const G4double emax = 100*CLHEP::MeV;
 
  G4double energy = std::max(dp->GetKineticEnergy(), emin);
  if (energy > emax) {
    fLocalDirection = dp->GetMomentumDirection();
  } else {
    // Initial algorithm according Penelope 2008 manual and 
    // F.Sauter Ann. Physik 9, 217(1931); 11, 454(1931).
    // Modified according Penelope 2014 manual 
    G4double costheta = 0.0;
 
    // 1) initialize energy-dependent variables
    // Variable naming according to Eq. (2.24) of Penelope Manual
    // (pag. 44)
    G4double tau = energy/electron_mass_c2;
    G4double gamma = 1.0 + tau;
    G4double beta = std::sqrt(tau*(tau + 2.0))/gamma;
    
    // ac corresponds to "A" of Eq. (2.31)
    //
    G4double ac = (1.0 - beta)/beta;
    G4double a1 = 0.5*beta*gamma*tau*(gamma-2.0);
    G4double a2 = ac + 2.0;
    // gtmax = maximum of the rejection function according to Eq. (2.28), 
    // obtained for tsam=0
    G4double gtmax = 2.0*(a1 + 1.0/ac);
    
    G4double tsam = 0.0;
    G4double gtr  = 0.0;
    
    //2) sampling. Eq. (2.31) of Penelope Manual
    // tsam = 1-std::cos(theta)
    // gtr = rejection function according to Eq. (2.28)
    do{
      G4double rand = G4UniformRand();
      tsam = 2.0*ac * (2.0*rand + a2*std::sqrt(rand)) / (a2*a2 - 4.0*rand);
      gtr = (2.0 - tsam) * (a1 + 1.0/(ac+tsam));
      // Loop checking, 03-Aug-2015, Vladimir Ivanchenko
    } while(G4UniformRand()*gtmax > gtr);
 
    costheta = 1.0 - tsam;
        
    G4double sint = std::sqrt(tsam*(2.0 - tsam));
    G4double phi  = CLHEP::twopi*G4UniformRand();
        
    fLocalDirection.set(sint*std::cos(phi), sint*std::sin(phi), costheta);
    fLocalDirection.rotateUz(dp->GetMomentumDirection());
  }
  return fLocalDirection;
}
 
void G4SauterGavrilaAngularDistribution::PrintGeneratorInformation() const
{
  G4cout << "\n" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "Non-polarized photoelectric effect angular generator." << G4endl;
  G4cout << "The Sauter-Gavrila distribution for the K-shell is used."<<G4endl;
  G4cout << "Originally developed by M.Maire for Geant3" 
         << G4endl;
}