G4InteractionLawPhysical Class Reference

#include <G4InteractionLawPhysical.hh>

Inheritance diagram for G4InteractionLawPhysical:

Public Member Functions
	G4InteractionLawPhysical (const G4String &name="exponentialLaw")
virtual	~G4InteractionLawPhysical ()
void	SetPhysicalCrossSection (G4double crossSection)
G4double	GetPhysicalCrossSection () const
virtual G4double	ComputeEffectiveCrossSectionAt (G4double length) const
virtual G4double	ComputeNonInteractionProbabilityAt (G4double length) const
virtual G4double	SampleInteractionLength ()
virtual G4double	UpdateInteractionLengthForStep (G4double truePathLength)
Public Member Functions inherited from G4VBiasingInteractionLaw
	G4VBiasingInteractionLaw (const G4String &name)
virtual	~G4VBiasingInteractionLaw ()=default
const G4String &	GetName () const
virtual G4bool	IsSingular () const
virtual G4bool	IsEffectiveCrossSectionInfinite () const
G4double	Sample ()
G4double	UpdateForStep (G4double truePathLength)
G4double	GetSampledInteractionLength () const

Detailed Description

Definition at line 40 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

G4InteractionLawPhysical()

G4InteractionLawPhysical::G4InteractionLawPhysical

(

const G4String &

name = "exponentialLaw"

)

Definition at line 32 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

  : G4VBiasingInteractionLaw(name)
{}

~G4InteractionLawPhysical()

G4InteractionLawPhysical::~G4InteractionLawPhysical ( )

virtual

Definition at line 36 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{}

Member Function Documentation

ComputeEffectiveCrossSectionAt()

G4double G4InteractionLawPhysical::ComputeEffectiveCrossSectionAt ( G4double length ) const

virtual

Implements G4VBiasingInteractionLaw.

Definition at line 52 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{
  if (!fCrossSectionDefined)
  {
    G4Exception("G4InteractionLawPhysical::ComputeEffectiveCrossSection(..)",
                "BIAS.GEN.15", JustWarning,
                "Cross-section value requested, but has not been defined yet. Assumes 0 !");
  }
  return fCrossSection;
}

ComputeNonInteractionProbabilityAt()

G4double G4InteractionLawPhysical::ComputeNonInteractionProbabilityAt ( G4double length ) const

virtual

Implements G4VBiasingInteractionLaw.

Definition at line 64 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{
  if (!fCrossSectionDefined)
  {
    G4Exception("G4InteractionLawPhysical::ComputeNonInteractionProbability(..)",
                "BIAS.GEN.16", JustWarning,
                "Non interaction probabitlity value requested, but cross section has not been defined yet. Assumes it to be 0 !");
  }
  // -- allows zero cross-section case, by convention:
  if ( fCrossSection == 0.0 ) return 1.0;
  else return std::exp(-fCrossSection*stepLength);
}

GetPhysicalCrossSection()

G4double G4InteractionLawPhysical::GetPhysicalCrossSection ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 48 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.hh.

{ return fCrossSection; }

SampleInteractionLength()

G4double G4InteractionLawPhysical::SampleInteractionLength ( )

virtual

Implements G4VBiasingInteractionLaw.

Definition at line 78 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{
  if ( !fCrossSectionDefined || fCrossSection < 0.0 )
  {
    G4Exception("G4InteractionLawPhysical::Sample(..)",
                "BIAS.GEN.17", FatalException,
                "Trying to sample while cross-section is not defined or < 0 !");
  }
  if ( fCrossSection == 0.0 ) return DBL_MAX;
 
  fNumberOfInteractionLength = -std::log( G4UniformRand() );
  return fNumberOfInteractionLength/fCrossSection;
}

SetPhysicalCrossSection()

void G4InteractionLawPhysical::SetPhysicalCrossSection

(

G4double

crossSection

)

Definition at line 39 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{
  if (crossSection < 0.0)
  {
    G4Exception("G4InteractionLawPhysical::SetPhysicalCrossSection(..)",
                "BIAS.GEN.14", JustWarning,
                "Cross-section value passed is negative. It is set to zero !");
    crossSection = 0.0;
  }
  fCrossSectionDefined = true;
  fCrossSection = crossSection;
}

UpdateInteractionLengthForStep()

G4double G4InteractionLawPhysical::UpdateInteractionLengthForStep ( G4double truePathLength )

virtual

Reimplemented from G4VBiasingInteractionLaw.

Definition at line 92 of file G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc.

{
  fNumberOfInteractionLength -= truePathLength*fCrossSection;
  
  if ( fNumberOfInteractionLength < 0 ) 
  {
    G4ExceptionDescription ed;
    ed << " Negative number of interaction length for `" << GetName()
       << "' " << fNumberOfInteractionLength << ", set it to zero !" << G4endl; 
    G4Exception("G4InteractionLawPhysical::UpdateInteractionLengthForStep(...)",
                "BIAS.GEN.13", JustWarning, ed);
    fNumberOfInteractionLength = 0.;
  }
  return  fNumberOfInteractionLength/fCrossSection;
}

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• G4InteractionLawPhysical.hh
• G4InteractionLawPhysical.cc