G4PenelopeCrossSection.hh

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// Author: Luciano Pandola
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// History:
// -----------
// 18 Mar 2010   L. Pandola   1st implementation. 
// 09 Mar 2012   L. Pandola   Add public method (and machinery) to return 
//                            the absolute and the normalized shell cross 
//                            sections independently.
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Class description:
// This class is a container for cross sections and transport momenta 
// calculated by Penelope models (ionisation, bremsstrahlung). It stores 
// PhysicsTables/PhysicsVectors of
// a) the "hard quantities" (above the threshold), 0-th order (cross section) 
//     1-st order (= stopping XS), 2-nd order (= straggling XS)
// b) the "soft quantities" (below threshold), 0-th order (cross section) 
//     1-st order (= stopping XS), 2-nd order (= straggling XS)
// c) total hard cross sections for individual oscillators
// vs. energy. Two versions are available, one with normalized values 
// (good for sampling) and one with absolute values.
// 
// The interface *always* uses energy and cross sections, while internally 
// log(energy) and log(XS) are used.
//
// One instance per each cut-material couple should be created by the 
// calling class. 
//
// Public method to retrieve hard cross section, soft stopping power, 
// total cross section and hard shell cross sections.
//
// Notice: all quantities stored here are *per molecule*
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#ifndef G4PENELOPECROSSSECTION_HH
#define G4PENELOPECROSSSECTION_HH 1
 
#include "globals.hh"
 
class G4PhysicsTable;
class G4DataVector;
 
class G4PenelopeCrossSection
{
 
public:
  //constructor: one has to give the number of points in each PhysicsVector 
  //(= dimension of the energy grid) and the number of shells (0 is the 
  //default).
  G4PenelopeCrossSection(size_t nOfEnergyPoints,size_t nOfShells=0);
  //
  ~G4PenelopeCrossSection();
 
  //! Returns total cross section at the given energy
  G4double GetTotalCrossSection(G4double energy) const;
  //! Returns hard cross section at the given energy
  G4double GetHardCrossSection(G4double energy) const;
  //! Returns the total stopping power due to soft collisions
  G4double GetSoftStoppingPower(G4double energy) const;
  //! Returns the hard cross section for the given shell (per molecule)
  G4double GetShellCrossSection(size_t shellID,G4double energy) const;
  //! Returns the hard cross section for the given shell (normalized to 1)
  G4double GetNormalizedShellCrossSection(size_t shellID,G4double energy) const;
 
  size_t GetNumberOfShells() const {return numberOfShells;};
 
  //!
  //! Public interface for the master thread
  //! 
  void AddCrossSectionPoint(size_t binNumber, 
                            G4double energy,G4double XH0, G4double XH1, 
                G4double XH2,
                G4double XS0, G4double XS1, G4double XS2);
  void AddShellCrossSectionPoint(size_t binNumber,
                     size_t shellID,G4double energy,G4double xs);
  void NormalizeShellCrossSections();
 
private:
  G4PenelopeCrossSection & operator=(const G4PenelopeCrossSection &right);
  G4PenelopeCrossSection(const G4PenelopeCrossSection&);
  
  G4bool isNormalized;
 
  size_t numberOfEnergyPoints;
  size_t numberOfShells;
 
  //all tables are log. XS vs. log E
 
  //XS0, XS1, XS2 in Penelope nomenclature
  G4PhysicsTable* softCrossSections;
 
  //XH0, XH1, XH2 in Penelope nomenclature
  G4PhysicsTable* hardCrossSections;
  
  //XS for individual shells
  G4PhysicsTable* shellCrossSections;
  G4PhysicsTable* shellNormalizedCrossSections;
 
};
 
#endif