G4ElectronIonPair.cc

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4ElectronIonPair
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// Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
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// Creation date: 08.07.2008
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// Modifications:
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#include "G4ElectronIonPair.hh"
#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
#include "G4Material.hh"
#include "G4MaterialTable.hh"
#include "G4StepPoint.hh"
#include "G4VProcess.hh"
#include "G4ProcessType.hh"
#include "G4Track.hh"
#include "Randomize.hh"

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G4ElectronIonPair::G4ElectronIonPair()
{
  verbose = 1;
  curMaterial = 0;
  curMeanEnergy = 0.0;
  nMaterials = 0;
  invFanoFactor = 1.0/0.2;
  Initialise();
}

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G4ElectronIonPair::~G4ElectronIonPair()
{}

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G4double G4ElectronIonPair::MeanNumberOfIonsAlongStep(
                                   const G4ParticleDefinition* part, 
                                   const G4Material* material,
                                   G4double edep,
                                   G4double niel)
{
  G4double nion = 0.0;

  // NIEL does not provide ionisation clusters
  if(edep > niel) {

    // neutral particles do not produce ionisation along step
    if(part->GetPDGCharge() != 0.0) {

      // select material
      if(material != curMaterial) {
        curMaterial = material;
        curMeanEnergy = material->GetIonisation()->GetMeanEnergyPerIonPair();

        // if mean energy is not defined then look into G4 DB
        if(0.0 == curMeanEnergy) {
          curMeanEnergy = FindG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair(material);
        } 
      }
      if(curMeanEnergy > 0.0) { nion = (edep - niel)/curMeanEnergy; }
    }
  }
  return nion;
}

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std::vector<G4ThreeVector>* 
G4ElectronIonPair::SampleIonsAlongStep(const G4Step* step)
{
  std::vector<G4ThreeVector>* v = 0;

  G4int nion = SampleNumberOfIonsAlongStep(step);

  // sample ionisation along step
  if(nion > 0) {

    v = new std::vector<G4ThreeVector>;
    G4ThreeVector prePos = step->GetPreStepPoint()->GetPosition();
    G4ThreeVector deltaPos = step->GetPostStepPoint()->GetPosition() - prePos;  
    for(G4int i=0; i<nion; ++i) {
      v->push_back( prePos + deltaPos*G4UniformRand() );
    }
    if(verbose > 1 ) { 
      G4cout << "### G4ElectronIonPair::SampleIonisationPoints: "
             << v->size() << "  ion pairs are added" << G4endl;
    }
  }
  return v;
}

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G4int G4ElectronIonPair::ResidualeChargePostStep(const G4ParticleDefinition*,
                                                 const G4TrackVector*,
                                                 G4int subType)
{
  G4int nholes = 0;

  if(2 == subType || 12 == subType || 13 == subType) { nholes = 1; }
  return nholes;
}

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G4double G4ElectronIonPair::FindG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair(const G4Material* mat)
{
  G4String name = mat->GetName();
  G4double res  = 0.0;

  // is this material in the vector?  
  for(G4int j=0; j<nMaterials; j++) {
    if(name == g4MatNames[j]) {
      res = g4MatData[j];
      mat->GetIonisation()->SetMeanEnergyPerIonPair(res);
      if(verbose > 0) {
        G4cout << "### G4ElectronIonPair::FindG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair for "
               << name << " Epair= " << res/eV << " eV is set"
               << G4endl;
      }
      break;
    }
  }
  return res;
}

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void G4ElectronIonPair:: DumpMeanEnergyPerIonPair()
{
  G4int nmat = G4Material::GetNumberOfMaterials();
  const G4MaterialTable* mtable = G4Material::GetMaterialTable();
  if(nmat > 0) {
    G4cout << "### G4ElectronIonPair: mean energy per ion pair avalable:" << G4endl;
    for(G4int i=0; i<nmat; ++i) {
      const G4Material* mat = (*mtable)[i];
      G4double x = mat->GetIonisation()->GetMeanEnergyPerIonPair();
      if(x > 0.0) {
        G4cout << "   " << mat->GetName() << "   Epair=  " 
               << x/eV << " eV" << G4endl;
      }
    }
  }
}

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void G4ElectronIonPair::DumpG4MeanEnergyPerIonPair()
{
  if(nMaterials > 0) {
    G4cout << "### G4ElectronIonPair: mean energy per ion pair "
           << " for Geant4 materials" << G4endl;
    for(G4int i=0; i<nMaterials; ++i) {
      G4cout << "   " << g4MatNames[i] << "    Epair= " 
             << g4MatData[i]/eV << " eV" << G4endl;
    }
  }
}

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void G4ElectronIonPair::Initialise()
{
  // ICRU Report 31, 1979
  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Si");
  g4MatData.push_back(3.62*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Ge");
  g4MatData.push_back(2.97*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_He");
  g4MatData.push_back(44.4*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_N");
  g4MatData.push_back(36.4*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_O");
  g4MatData.push_back(32.3*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Ne");
  g4MatData.push_back(36.8*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Ar");
  g4MatData.push_back(26.34*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Kr");
  g4MatData.push_back(24.1*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_Xe");
  g4MatData.push_back(21.6*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_lAr");
  g4MatData.push_back(23.6*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_lKr");
  g4MatData.push_back(20.5*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_lXe");
  g4MatData.push_back(15.6*eV);

  g4MatNames.push_back("G4_AIR");
  g4MatData.push_back(35.1*eV);

  nMaterials = g4MatData.size();
}

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