G4OpAbsorption.hh

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// Optical Photon Absorption Class Definition
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//
// File:        G4OpAbsorption.hh
// Description: Discrete Process -- Bulk absorption of Optical Photons
// Version:     1.0
// Created:     1996-05-21
// Author:      Juliet Armstrong
// Updated:     2005-07-28 add G4ProcessType to constructor
//              1999-10-29 add method and class descriptors
//              1997-04-09 by Peter Gumplinger
//              > new physics/tracking scheme
//              1998-08-25 by Stefano Magni
//              > Change process to use G4MaterialPropertiesTables
//
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#ifndef G4OpAbsorption_h
#define G4OpAbsorption_h 1
 
#include "G4VDiscreteProcess.hh"
#include "G4OpticalPhoton.hh"
 
class G4OpAbsorption : public G4VDiscreteProcess
{
 public:
  explicit G4OpAbsorption(const G4String& processName = "OpAbsorption",
                          G4ProcessType type          = fOptical);
  virtual ~G4OpAbsorption();
 
  virtual G4bool IsApplicable(
    const G4ParticleDefinition& aParticleType) override;
  // Returns true -> 'is applicable' only for an optical photon.
 
  virtual G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track& aTrack, G4double,
                                   G4ForceCondition*) override;
  // Returns the absorption length for bulk absorption of optical
  // photons in media with a specified attenuation length.
 
  virtual G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack,
                                          const G4Step& aStep) override;
  // Method implementing bulk absorption of optical photons.
 
  virtual void PreparePhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&) override;
 
  virtual void Initialise();
 
 private:
  G4OpAbsorption(const G4OpAbsorption& right) = delete;
  G4OpAbsorption& operator=(const G4OpAbsorption& right) = delete;
 
  size_t idx_absorption = 0;
};
 
// Inline methods
 
inline G4bool G4OpAbsorption::IsApplicable(
  const G4ParticleDefinition& aParticleType)
{
  return (&aParticleType == G4OpticalPhoton::OpticalPhoton());
}
 
#endif /* G4OpAbsorption_h */