G4VhElectronicStoppingPower.hh

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4VhElectronicStoppingPower
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// Author:        V.Ivanchenko (Vladimir.Ivanchenko@cern.ch)
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// Creation date: 20 July 2000
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// Modifications: 
// 20/07/2000  V.Ivanchenko First implementation
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// Class Description: 
//
// Low energy hadrons/ions electronic stopping power parametrisation
// Virtual class to provide the interface between G4hLowEnergyIonisation
// and a model of energy loss of low energy proton or alpha particle.
// Further documentation available from http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/lowE
 
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#ifndef G4VhElectronicStoppingPower_h
#define G4VhElectronicStoppingPower_h 1
 
#include "G4ios.hh"
#include "globals.hh"
 
class G4Material;
 
class G4VhElectronicStoppingPower 
{
public:
  explicit G4VhElectronicStoppingPower();
  virtual ~G4VhElectronicStoppingPower();
 
  virtual G4double StoppingPower(const G4Material* material,
                                       G4double kineticEnergy) = 0 ;
 
  virtual G4bool HasMaterial(const G4Material* material) = 0 ;
 
  virtual G4double ElectronicStoppingPower(G4double z,
                                           G4double kineticEnergy) const = 0;
 
  G4VhElectronicStoppingPower(G4VhElectronicStoppingPower &) = delete;
  G4VhElectronicStoppingPower & operator =
  (const G4VhElectronicStoppingPower &right) = delete;
 
protected:
 
  G4double HeEffChargeSquare(const G4double z, 
                             const G4double kineticEnergyHe) const;
 
  G4double GetHeMassAMU() const {return theHeMassAMU;};
 
private:
 
  const G4double theHeMassAMU;
};
 
#endif