G4VFSALIntegrationStepper.hh

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// G4VFSALIntegrationStepper
//
// Class description:
//
// Class similar to G4VMagIntegratorStepper, for steppers which
// estimate the value of the derivative at the projected endpoint
// of integration - at each successful step.
// This ability is known as 'First Same As Last' (FSAL). It
// reduces the number of required calls to the equation's 
// RightHandSide method, and, as such the number of calls to the 
// (potentially expensive) field evaluation methods.
//
// Based on G4VMagIntegratorStepper
 
// Author: Somnath Banerjee, Google Summer of Code 2015
// Supervision: John Apostolakis, CERN
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4VFSALINTEGRATOR_STEPPER_HH
#define G4VFSALINTEGRATOR_STEPPER_HH
 
#include "G4Types.hh"
#include "G4EquationOfMotion.hh"
 
class G4VFSALIntegrationStepper
{
  public:  // with description
 
     G4VFSALIntegrationStepper (G4EquationOfMotion* Equation,
                                G4int               numIntegrationVariables,
                                G4int               numStateVariables = 12);
     virtual ~G4VFSALIntegrationStepper() = default;
       // Constructor and destructor. No actions.
 
     G4VFSALIntegrationStepper(const G4VFSALIntegrationStepper&) = delete;
     G4VFSALIntegrationStepper& operator=(const G4VFSALIntegrationStepper&) = delete;
 
     virtual void Stepper( const G4double y[],
                           const G4double dydx[],
                                 G4double h,
                                 G4double yout[],
                                 G4double yerr[],
                                 G4double lastDydx[]) = 0;
       // The stepper for the Runge Kutta integration.
       // The stepsize is fixed, with the Step size given by h.
       // Integrates ODE starting values y[0 to 6].
       // Outputs yout[] and its estimated error yerr[].
 
     virtual G4double DistChord() const = 0; 
       // Estimate the maximum distance of a chord from the true path
       // over the segment last integrated.
    
     inline void NormaliseTangentVector( G4double vec[6] );
       // Simple utility function to (re)normalise 'unit velocity' vector.
 
     inline void NormalisePolarizationVector( G4double vec[12] );
       // Simple utility function to (re)normalise 'unit spin' vector.
 
      void RightHandSide( const double y[], double dydx[] );
       // Utility method to supply the standard Evaluation of the
       // Right Hand side of the associated equation.
 
     inline G4int GetNumberOfVariables() const;
       // Get the number of variables that the stepper will integrate over.
 
     inline G4int GetNumberOfStateVariables() const;
       // Get the number of variables of state variables (>= above, integration)
 
     virtual G4int IntegratorOrder() const = 0;
       // Returns the order of the integrator
       // i.e. its error behaviour is of the order O(h^order).
 
     inline G4EquationOfMotion* GetEquationOfMotion(); 
       // As some steppers (eg RKG3) require other methods of Eq_Rhs
       // this function allows for access to them.
     inline void SetEquationOfMotion(G4EquationOfMotion* newEquation); 
 
  public:  // without description
 
    // Debug functions...
 
    inline G4int GetfNoRHSCalls() { return fNoRHSCalls; }
    void increasefNORHSCalls();
    inline void ResetfNORHSCalls() { fNoRHSCalls = 0; }
 
  private:
 
    G4EquationOfMotion* fEquation_Rhs = nullptr;
    const G4int fNoIntegrationVariables = 0; // Variables in integration
    const G4int fNoStateVariables = 0;       // Number required for FieldTrack
    
    G4int fNoRHSCalls = 0;
      // Debug...
};
 
#include "G4VFSALIntegrationStepper.icc"
 
#endif