00001 // 00002 // ******************************************************************** 00003 // * License and Disclaimer * 00004 // * * 00005 // * The Geant4 software is copyright of the Copyright Holders of * 00006 // * the Geant4 Collaboration. It is provided under the terms and * 00007 // * conditions of the Geant4 Software License, included in the file * 00008 // * LICENSE and available at http://cern.ch/geant4/license . These * 00009 // * include a list of copyright holders. * 00010 // * * 00011 // * Neither the authors of this software system, nor their employing * 00012 // * institutes,nor the agencies providing financial support for this * 00013 // * work make any representation or warranty, express or implied, * 00014 // * regarding this software system or assume any liability for its * 00015 // * use. Please see the license in the file LICENSE and URL above * 00016 // * for the full disclaimer and the limitation of liability. * 00017 // * * 00018 // * This code implementation is the result of the scientific and * 00019 // * technical work of the GEANT4 collaboration. * 00020 // * By using, copying, modifying or distributing the software (or * 00021 // * any work based on the software) you agree to acknowledge its * 00022 // * use in resulting scientific publications, and indicate your * 00023 // * acceptance of all terms of the Geant4 Software license. * 00024 // ******************************************************************** 00025 // 00026 // 00027 // 00028 // =========================================================================== 00029 // GEANT4 class header file 00030 // 00031 // Class: G4VIonDEDXTable 00032 // 00033 // Author: Anton Lechner (Anton.Lechner@cern.ch) 00034 // 00035 // First implementation: 15. 02. 2009 00036 // 00037 // Modifications: 00038 // 02. 11. 2009 A. Lechner: Added BuildPhysicsVector function which should 00039 // invoke the build process of physics vectors. 00040 // 00041 // Class description: 00042 // Base class for electronic stopping power tables for ions. 00043 // 00044 // Comments: 00045 // 00046 // =========================================================================== 00047 // 00048 00049 #ifndef G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH 00050 #define G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH 00051 00052 #include "globals.hh" 00053 00054 class G4PhysicsVector; 00055 00056 00057 class G4VIonDEDXTable { 00058 00059 public: 00060 G4VIonDEDXTable(); 00061 virtual ~G4VIonDEDXTable(); 00062 00063 // Function for building a stopping power table for a material consisting of 00064 // a single element only. 00065 virtual G4bool BuildPhysicsVector( 00066 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00067 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material 00068 ) = 0; 00069 00070 // Function building stopping power table for a given ion-material pair. 00071 virtual G4bool BuildPhysicsVector( 00072 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00073 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material 00074 ) = 0; 00075 00076 // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables 00077 // for a given ion-material pair, where the material consists of 00078 // a single element only. 00079 virtual G4bool IsApplicable( 00080 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00081 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material 00082 ) = 0; 00083 00084 // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables 00085 // for a given ion-material pair. 00086 virtual G4bool IsApplicable( 00087 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00088 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material 00089 ) = 0; 00090 00091 // Function returning the stopping power vector for a given ion-material 00092 // pair, where the material consists of a single element only (the 00093 // physics vector returned by this function must contain the kinetic 00094 // energy per nucleon vs the mass stopping power of the elemental material). 00095 virtual G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector( 00096 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00097 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material 00098 ) = 0; 00099 00100 // Function returning the stopping power vector for given ion-material 00101 // pair (the physics vector returned by this function must contain the 00102 // kinetic energy per nucleon vs the mass stopping power of the material). 00103 virtual G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector( 00104 G4int, // Atomic number of ion 00105 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material 00106 ) = 0; 00107 }; 00108 00109 #endif // G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH