G4ParticleHPThermalBoost.hh

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// 081024 G4NucleiPropertiesTable:: to G4NucleiProperties::
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// P. Arce, June-2014 Conversion neutron_hp to particle_hp
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#ifndef G4ParticleHPThermalBoost_h
#define G4ParticleHPThermalBoost_h
 
#include "G4HadProjectile.hh"
#include "G4Element.hh"
#include "G4ReactionProduct.hh"
#include "G4Nucleus.hh"
#include "G4NucleiProperties.hh"
#include "G4Electron.hh"
#include "G4Neutron.hh"
 
class G4ParticleHPThermalBoost
{
public: 
  G4double GetThermalEnergy(const G4HadProjectile & aP, 
                            const G4Element * anE, 
                G4double aT)
  {
    G4double theA = anE->GetN();
    G4double theZ = anE->GetZ();
    return GetThermalEnergy(aP, theA ,theZ, aT);
  }
                
  G4double GetThermalEnergy(const G4HadProjectile & aP, 
                            G4double theA, G4double theZ,
                G4double aT)
  {
    // prepare neutron
    G4double eKinetic = aP.GetKineticEnergy();
    G4ReactionProduct theNeutronRP( const_cast<G4ParticleDefinition *>(aP.GetDefinition()) );
    theNeutronRP.SetMomentum( aP.Get4Momentum().vect() );
    theNeutronRP.SetKineticEnergy( eKinetic );
    G4ThreeVector neuVelo = (1./aP.GetDefinition()->GetPDGMass())*theNeutronRP.GetMomentum();
 
    // prepare properly biased thermal nucleus
    G4Nucleus aNuc;
    G4double eps = 0.0001;
    G4double eleMass; 
    eleMass = ( G4NucleiProperties::GetNuclearMass( static_cast<G4int>(theA+eps) , static_cast<G4int>(theZ+eps) ) ) / G4Neutron::Neutron()->GetPDGMass();
  
    G4ReactionProduct aThermalNuc = aNuc.GetBiasedThermalNucleus(eleMass, neuVelo, aT);
    
    // boost to rest system and return
    G4ReactionProduct boosted;
    boosted.Lorentz(theNeutronRP, aThermalNuc);
    return boosted.GetKineticEnergy();
  }
};
#endif