G4DynamicParticleMSC.hh

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// GEANT4 Class header file
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// File name:     G4DynamicParticleMSC
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// Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
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// Creation date: 23.08.2024
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// Modifications:
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// Class Description:
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// This class manages the multiple scattering process for heavy charged
// particles without any use of G4ParticleDefinition.
//
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#ifndef G4DynamicParticleMSC_h
#define G4DynamicParticleMSC_h 1
 
#include "G4VContinuousDiscreteProcess.hh"
#include "G4ParticleChangeForMSC.hh"
 
class G4Material;
class G4LossTableManager;
 
class G4DynamicParticleMSC : public G4VContinuousDiscreteProcess
{
public:
 
  G4DynamicParticleMSC();
 
  ~G4DynamicParticleMSC() override;
 
  // Step limit from AlongStep 
  G4double AlongStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength(
                                  const G4Track&,
                                  G4double  previousStepSize,
                                  G4double  currentMinimumStep,
                                  G4double& currentSafety,
                                  G4GPILSelection* selection) override;
 
  // Step limit from cross section
  G4double PostStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength(
                                  const G4Track& track,
                                  G4double previousStepSize,
                                  G4ForceCondition* condition) override;
 
  // AlongStep computations
  G4VParticleChange* AlongStepDoIt(const G4Track&, const G4Step&) override;
 
  // This method is not used for tracking, it returns mean free path value
  G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track&, G4double, G4ForceCondition* condition) override;
 
  // This method is not used for tracking, it returns step limit
  G4double GetContinuousStepLimit(const G4Track& track, G4double previousStepSize,
                                  G4double currentMinimalStep, G4double& currentSafety) override;
 
  // print description in html
  void ProcessDescription(std::ostream&) const override;
 
  // hide assignment operator
  G4DynamicParticleMSC & operator=(const G4DynamicParticleMSC &right) = delete;
  G4DynamicParticleMSC(const G4DynamicParticleMSC&) = delete;
 
private:
 
  // all parameters are dynamic
  void PreStepInitialisation(const G4Track&);
 
  G4LossTableManager* lManager;
  const G4Material* fMaterial{nullptr};
 
  G4double fMass{0.0};
  G4double fCharge{0.0};
  G4double fEkinPreStep{0.0};
  G4double fBeta{0.0};
  G4double fZeff{0.0};
 
  G4ThreeVector fNewDir{G4ThreeVector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)};
  G4ParticleChangeForMSC fParticleChange;
};
 
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#endif