G4DNABrownianTransportation.hh

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// $Id: G4DNABrownianTransportation.hh 74551 2013-10-14 12:59:14Z gcosmo $
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// Author: Mathieu Karamitros (kara (AT) cenbg . in2p3 . fr) 
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// WARNING : This class is released as a prototype.
// It might strongly evolve or even disapear in the next releases.
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// History:
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// 10 Oct 2011 M.Karamitros created
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#ifndef G4ITBROWNIANTRANSPORTATION_H
#define G4ITBROWNIANTRANSPORTATION_H

#include "G4ITTransportation.hh"

class G4SafetyHelper;

/* \brief { The transportation method implemented is the one from
 *         Ermak-McCammon : J. Chem. Phys. 69, 1352 (1978)}
 */

class G4DNABrownianTransportation : public G4ITTransportation
{
public:
    G4DNABrownianTransportation(const G4String& aName =  "DNABrownianTransportation", G4int verbosityLevel= 1);
    G4IT_ADD_CLONE(G4VITProcess,G4DNABrownianTransportation)
    virtual ~G4DNABrownianTransportation();
    G4DNABrownianTransportation(const G4DNABrownianTransportation& other);
    G4DNABrownianTransportation& operator=(const G4DNABrownianTransportation& other);

    virtual void BuildPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);

    virtual void StartTracking(G4Track* aTrack);

    virtual void ComputeStep(const G4Track&,
                             const G4Step&,
                             const double,
                             double&) ;

    virtual G4double AlongStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength( const G4Track& /*track*/,
                                                            G4double /*previousStepSize*/,
                                                            G4double /*currentMinimumStep*/,
                                                            G4double& /*currentSafety*/,
                                                            G4GPILSelection* /*selection*/);
    virtual G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt( const G4Track& track, const G4Step& ) ;

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

protected:
    void Diffusion(const G4Track& track);

    //________________________________________________________________
    // Process information
    struct G4ITBrownianState : public G4ITTransportationState
    {
    public :
        G4ITBrownianState();
        virtual ~G4ITBrownianState(){;}
        G4bool  fPathLengthWasCorrected;
    };

    G4ITBrownianState* const & fpBrownianState;

    G4bool fUseMaximumTimeBeforeReachingBoundary;
    G4Material* fNistWater ;

    // Water density table
    const std::vector<G4double>* fpWaterDensity;
};

#endif // G4ITBROWNIANTRANSPORTATION_H