G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection.hh

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// $Id: G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection.hh 66892 2013-01-17 10:57:59Z gunter $
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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//      Class:      G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection
//  Author:         L. Desorgher
//  Organisation:   SpaceIT GmbH
//  Contract:   ESA contract 21435/08/NL/AT
//  Customer:       ESA/ESTEC
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// CHANGE HISTORY
// --------------
//      ChangeHistory: 
//      10 May 2007 creation by L. Desorgher  
//      October 2009 implementation of the mode where the total adjoint and forward cross sections are equivalent. L. Desorgher     
//
//-------------------------------------------------------------
//  Documentation:
//      Continuous processes acting on adjoint particles to correct continuously their weight during the adjoint reverse tracking.
//      Thi process is needed whene the adjoint cross section are not scaled such that the total adjoint cross section match the total forward cross section. 
//      By default the mode where the total adjoint cross section is equal to the total forward cross section is used an therefore this along step weight 
//      correction factor is 1.
//      However in some cases (some energy ranges) the total forward cross section or the total adjoint cross section can be null, in this case the along step 
//      weight correction is neede and is given by exp(-(Sigma_tot_adj-Sigma_tot_fwd).dx)
//      
// 
//


#ifndef G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection_h
#define G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection_h 1

#include "G4VContinuousProcess.hh"
#include "globals.hh"
#include "G4Material.hh"
#include "G4MaterialCutsCouple.hh"
#include "G4Track.hh"
#include "G4ParticleChange.hh"

class G4Step;
class G4ParticleDefinition;



class G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection : public G4VContinuousProcess
{
public:

  G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection(const G4String& name = "ContinuousWeightCorrection",
                         G4ProcessType type = fElectromagnetic);

  virtual ~G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection();


protected:
  virtual G4double GetContinuousStepLimit(const G4Track& track,
                                                G4double previousStepSize,
                                                G4double currentMinimumStep,
                                                G4double& currentSafety);
                    

  //------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Generic methods common to all processes 
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------
public:

  void PreparePhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  void BuildPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

  G4VParticleChange* AlongStepDoIt(const G4Track&, const G4Step&);


private:

  void DefineMaterial(const G4MaterialCutsCouple* couple);
 


  G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection(G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection &);
  G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection & operator=(const G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection &right);



protected:

  G4ParticleChange* fParticleChange;
  
  
private:
 
  const G4Material*  currentMaterial;
  const G4MaterialCutsCouple* currentCouple;
  size_t   currentMaterialIndex; 
  G4double preStepKinEnergy;
  
};

inline void G4AdjointAlongStepWeightCorrection::DefineMaterial(
            const G4MaterialCutsCouple* couple)
{
  if(couple != currentCouple) {
    currentCouple   = couple;
    currentMaterial = couple->GetMaterial();
    currentMaterialIndex = couple->GetIndex();
  
  }
}



#endif