G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila.cc

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila
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// Creation date: 10 May 2004
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// Modifications: 
// 10 May 2003     P. Rodrigues    First implementation acording with new design
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// Class Description: 
//
// Concrete class for PhotoElectric Electron Angular Distribution Generation 
// This model is a re-implementation of the Photolectric angular distribution
// developed my M. Maire for the Standard EM Physics G4PhotoElectricEffect 
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// Class Description: End 
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#include "G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila.hh"
#include "G4PhysicalConstants.hh"
#include "Randomize.hh"

G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila::G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila():
  G4VEmAngularDistribution("AngularGenSauterGavrilaLowE")
{}

G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila::~G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila() 
{}

G4ThreeVector& 
G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila::SampleDirection(
                         const G4DynamicParticle* dp,
                         G4double, G4int, const G4Material*)
{

  // Compute Theta distribution of the emitted electron, with respect to the
  // incident Gamma.
  // The Sauter-Gavrila distribution for the K-shell is used. 

  G4double costeta = 1.;
  G4double Phi     = twopi * G4UniformRand();
  G4double cosphi = std::cos(Phi);
  G4double sinphi = std::sin(Phi);
  G4double sinteta = 0;
  G4double gamma   = 1. + dp->GetKineticEnergy()/electron_mass_c2;

  if (gamma > 5.) {
    fLocalDirection = dp->GetMomentumDirection(); 
    return fLocalDirection; 
    // Bugzilla 1120
    // SI on 05/09/2010 as suggested by JG 04/09/10 
  }

  G4double beta  = std::sqrt((gamma - 1)*(gamma + 1))/gamma;
  G4double b     = 0.5*gamma*(gamma - 1)*(gamma - 2);
    
  G4double rndm,term,greject,grejsup;
  if (gamma < 2.) grejsup = gamma*gamma*(1.+b-beta*b);
  else            grejsup = gamma*gamma*(1.+b+beta*b);
  
  do { rndm = 1.-2*G4UniformRand();
       costeta = (rndm+beta)/(rndm*beta+1.);
       term = 1.-beta*costeta;
       greject = (1.-costeta*costeta)*(1.+b*term)/(term*term);
  } while(greject < G4UniformRand()*grejsup);
       
  sinteta = std::sqrt((1 - costeta)*(1 + costeta));
  fLocalDirection.set(sinteta*cosphi, sinteta*sinphi, costeta);
  fLocalDirection.rotateUz(dp->GetMomentumDirection());
  return fLocalDirection;
}

void G4PhotoElectricAngularGeneratorSauterGavrila::PrintGeneratorInformation() const
{
  G4cout << "\n" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "Re-implementation of the photolectric angular distribution" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "developed my M. Maire for the Standard EM Physics G4PhotoElectricEffect" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "It computes the theta distribution of the emitted electron, with respect to the" << G4endl;
  G4cout << "incident Gamma, using the Sauter-Gavrila distribution for the K-shell\n" << G4endl;
}