G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel Class Reference

#include <G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.hh>

Inheritance diagram for G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel:

Public Member Functions
	G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel ()
	~G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel () override=default
void	SampleSecondaries (std::vector< G4DynamicParticle * > &secParticles, G4double &, const G4Material *) const override
void	PrintGeneratorInformation () const override
G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel &	operator= (const G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel &right)=delete
	G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel (const G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel &)=delete
Public Member Functions inherited from G4VPositronAtRestModel
	G4VPositronAtRestModel (const G4String &name)
virtual	~G4VPositronAtRestModel ()=default
const G4String &	GetName () const
G4VPositronAtRestModel &	operator= (const G4VPositronAtRestModel &right)=delete
	G4VPositronAtRestModel (const G4VPositronAtRestModel &)=delete

Detailed Description

Definition at line 53 of file G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel() [1/2]

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel

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Definition at line 51 of file G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.cc.

  : G4VPositronAtRestModel("Allison")
{}    

Referenced by G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel(), and operator=().

~G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel()

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::~G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel ( )

overridedefault

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel() [2/2]

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel ( const G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel & )

delete

Member Function Documentation

operator=()

G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel & G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::operator= ( const G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel & right )

delete

PrintGeneratorInformation()

void G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::PrintGeneratorInformation ( ) const

overridevirtual

Implements G4VPositronAtRestModel.

Definition at line 136 of file G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.cc.

{
  G4cout << "\n" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "Allison AtRest positron 2-gamma annihilation model." << G4endl;
  G4cout << "Takes into account positronium motion in the media." << G4endl;
} 

SampleSecondaries()

void G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::SampleSecondaries ( std::vector< G4DynamicParticle * > & secParticles, G4double & , const G4Material * material ) const

overridevirtual

Implements G4VPositronAtRestModel.

Definition at line 57 of file G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.cc.

{
  const G4double eGamma = CLHEP::electron_mass_c2;
 
  // In rest frame of positronium gammas are back to back
  const G4ThreeVector& dir1 = G4RandomDirection();
  const G4ThreeVector& dir2 = -dir1;
  auto aGamma1 = new G4DynamicParticle(G4Gamma::Gamma(),dir1,eGamma);
  auto aGamma2 = new G4DynamicParticle(G4Gamma::Gamma(),dir2,eGamma);
 
  // In rest frame the gammas are polarised perpendicular to each other - see
  // Pryce and Ward, Nature No 4065 (1947) p.435.
  // Snyder et al, Physical Review 73 (1948) p.440.
  G4ThreeVector pol1 = (G4RandomDirection().cross(dir1)).unit();
  G4ThreeVector pol2 = (pol1.cross(dir2)).unit();
 
  // A positron in matter slows down and combines with an atomic electron to
  // make a neutral atom called positronium, about half the size of a normal
  // atom. I expect that when the energy of the positron is small enough,
  // less than the binding energy of positronium (6.8 eV), it is
  // energetically favourable for an electron from the outer orbitals of a
  // nearby atom or molecule to transfer and bind to the positron, as in an
  // ionic bond, leaving behind a mildly ionised nearby atom/molecule. I
  // would expect the positronium to come away with a kinetic energy of a
  // few eV on average. In its para (spin 0) state it annihilates into two
  // photons, which in the rest frame of the positronium are collinear
  // (back-to-back) due to momentum conservation. Because of the motion of the
  // positronium, photons will be not quite back-to-back in the laboratory.
 
  // The positroniuim acquires an energy of order its binding energy and
  // doesn't have time to thermalise. Nevertheless, here we approximate its
  // energy distribution by a Maxwell-Boltzman with mean energy <KE>. In terms
  // of a more familiar concept of temperature, and the law of equipartition
  // of energy of translational motion, <KE>=3kT/2. Each component of velocity
  // has a distribution exp(-mv^2/2kT), which is a Gaussian of mean zero
  // and variance kT/m=2<KE>/3m, where m is the positronium mass.
 
  const G4double meanEnergyPerIonPair = material->GetIonisation()->GetMeanEnergyPerIonPair();
  const G4double& meanKE = meanEnergyPerIonPair;  // Just an alias
 
  if (meanKE > 0.) {  // Positronium has motion
    // Mass of positronium
    const G4double mass = 2.*CLHEP::electron_mass_c2;
    // Mean <KE>=3kT/2, as described above
    // const G4double T = 2.*meanKE/(3.*k_Boltzmann);
    // Component velocities: Gaussian, variance kT/m=2<KE>/3m.
    const G4double sigmav = std::sqrt(2.*meanKE/(3.*mass));
    // This is in units where c=1
    const G4double vx = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
    const G4double vy = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
    const G4double vz = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
    const G4ThreeVector v(vx,vy,vz);  // In unit where c=1
    const G4ThreeVector& beta = v;    // so beta=v/c=v
    aGamma1->Set4Momentum(aGamma1->Get4Momentum().boost(beta));
    aGamma2->Set4Momentum(aGamma2->Get4Momentum().boost(beta));
 
    // Rotate polarisation vectors
    const G4ThreeVector& newDir1 = aGamma1->GetMomentumDirection();
    const G4ThreeVector& newDir2 = aGamma2->GetMomentumDirection();
    const G4ThreeVector& axis1 = dir1.cross(newDir1);  // No need to be unit
    const G4ThreeVector& axis2 = dir2.cross(newDir2);  // No need to be unit
    const G4double& angle1 = std::acos(dir1*newDir1);
    const G4double& angle2 = std::acos(dir2*newDir2);
    pol1.rotate(axis1, angle1);
    pol2.rotate(axis2, angle2);
  }
 
  // use constructors optimal for massless particle
  aGamma1->SetPolarization(pol1);
  aGamma2->SetPolarization(pol2);
 
  secParticles.push_back(aGamma1);
  secParticles.push_back(aGamma2);
}

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

• G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.hh
• G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.cc