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| 2 | \chapter{Hadronic Physics}
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| 4 | % This is a verbatim of a paper published in a refereed journal.
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| 5 | % A suggestion by one of the documentation referees to re-write completely
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| 6 | % seems quite inappropriate.
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| 7 |
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| 8 | \section{Introduction}
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| 9 | Optimal exploitation of hadronic final
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| 10 | states played a key role in successes of all recent collider experiment in HEP,
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| 11 | and the ability to use hadronic final states will continue to be one of the
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| 12 | decisive issues during the analysis phase of the LHC experiments.
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| 13 | Monte Carlo programs like {\sc Geant4\cite{Geant4}} facilitate the use of
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| 14 | hadronic final states, and have been developed for many years.
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| 15 |
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| 16 | We give an overview of the Object Oriented frameworks for hadronic generators
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| 17 | in {\sc Geant4}, and illustrate the physics models underlying hadronic shower
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| 18 | simulation on examples, including the three basic types of modeling;
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| 19 | data-driven, parametrisation-driven, and theory-driven modeling, and their
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| 20 | possible realisations in the Object Oriented component system of {\sc Geant4}.
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| 21 | We put particular focus on the level of extendibility that can and has been
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| 22 | achieved by our Russian dolls approach to Object Oriented design, and the
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| 23 | role and importance of the frameworks in a component system.
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| 24 |
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| 25 | \section{Principal Considerations}
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| 26 | The purpose of this section is to explain the implementation frameworks used
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| 27 | in and provided by {\sc Geant4} for hadronic shower simulation as in the 1.1
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| 28 | release of the program. The implementation frameworks follow the Russian dolls
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| 29 | approach to implementation framework design.
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| 30 | A top-level, very abstracting implementation framework provides the basic
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| 31 | interface to the other {\sc Geant4} categories, and fulfils the most general
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| 32 | use-case for hadronic shower simulation. It is refined for more specific
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| 33 | use-cases by implementing a hierarchy of implementation frameworks, each level
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| 34 | implementing the common logic of a particular use-case package in a concrete
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| 35 | implementation of the interface specification of one framework level above,
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| 36 | this way refining the granularity of abstraction and delegation. This defines
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| 37 | the Russian dolls architectural pattern.
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| 38 | Abstract classes are used as the delegation
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| 39 | mechanism\footnote{The same can be achieved with template specialisations
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| 40 | with slightly improved CPU performance but at the cost of significantly more
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| 41 | complex designs and, with present compilers, significantly reduced
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| 42 | portability.}.
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| 43 | All framework functional requirements were obtained through use-case analysis.
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| 44 | In the following we present for each framework level the compressed use-cases,
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| 45 | requirements, designs including the flexibility provided, and illustrate the
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| 46 | framework functionality with examples. All design patterns cited are to
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| 47 | be read as defined in \cite{Patterns}.
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| 48 |
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| 49 | \section{Level 1 Framework - processes}
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| 50 | There are two principal use-cases of the level 1 framework. A user will
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| 51 | want to choose the processes used for his particular simulation run, and a
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| 52 | physicist will want to write code for processes of his own and use these
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| 53 | together with the rest of the system in a seamless manner.
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| 54 |
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| 55 | \paragraph{Requirements}
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| 56 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 57 | \item \label{L1R1} Provide a standard interface to be used by process implementations.
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| 58 | \item \label{L1R2} Provide registration mechanisms for processes.
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| 59 | \end{enumerate}
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| 60 | \paragraph{Design and interfaces}
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| 61 | Both requirements are implemented in a sub-set of the tracking-physics
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| 62 | interface in {\sc Geant4}. The class diagram is shown in figure \ref{Level1}.
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| 63 |
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| 64 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 1
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| 65 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level1.ps}
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| 66 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level1.eps}
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| 67 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level1.eps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 68 | \caption{Level 1 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 69 | of {\sc Geant4}.}
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| 70 | \label{Level1}
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| 71 | \end{figure}
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| 72 |
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| 73 | All processes have a common base-class {\tt G4VProcess}, from which a set of
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| 74 | specialised classes are derived. Three of them are used as base classes for
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| 75 | hadronic processes for particles at rest ({\tt G4VRestProcess}), for
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| 76 | interactions in flight ({\tt G4VDiscreteProcess}), and for processes like
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| 77 | radioactive decay where the same implementation can represent both these
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| 78 | extreme cases ({\tt G4VRestDiscrete\-Process}).
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| 79 |
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| 80 | Each of these classes declares two types of methods; one for calculating the
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| 81 | time to interaction or the physical interaction length, allowing tracking to
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| 82 | request the information necessary to decide on the process responsible for
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| 83 | final state production, and one to compute the final state. These are pure
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| 84 | virtual methods, and have to be implemented in each individual derived class,
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| 85 | as enforced by the compiler.
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| 86 |
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| 87 | \paragraph{Framework functionality}
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| 88 | The functionality provided is through the use of process base-class pointers
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| 89 | in the tracking-physics interface, and the {\tt G4Process\-Manager}. All
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| 90 | functionality is implemented in abstract, and registration of derived process
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| 91 | classes with the {\tt G4Process\-Manager} of an individual particle allows for
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| 92 | arbitrary combination of both {\sc Geant4} provided processes, and
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| 93 | user-implemented processes. This registration mechanism is a modification on a
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| 94 | Chain of Responsibility. It is outside the scope of the current paper, and its
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| 95 | description is available from \cite{G4Manual}.
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| 96 |
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| 97 | \section{Level 2 Framework - Cross Sections and Models}
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| 98 |
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| 99 | At the next level of abstraction, only processes that occur for particles
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| 100 | in flight are considered. For these, it is easily observed that the sources
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| 101 | of cross sections and final state production are rarely the same. Also,
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| 102 | different sources will come with different restrictions. The principal
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| 103 | use-cases of the framework are addressing these commonalities. A user might
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| 104 | want to combine different cross sections and final state or isotope production
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| 105 | models as provided by {\sc Geant4}, and a physicist might
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| 106 | want to implement his own model for particular situation, and add cross-section
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| 107 | data sets that are relevant for his particular analysis to the system in a
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| 108 | seamless manner.
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| 109 | \paragraph{Requirements}
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| 110 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 111 | \item Flexible choice of inclusive scattering cross-sections.
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| 112 | \item Ability to use different data-sets for different parts of
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| 113 | the simulation, depending on the conditions at the point of interaction.
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| 114 | \item Ability to add user-defined data-sets in a seamless manner.
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| 115 | \item Flexible, unconstrained choice of final state production models.
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| 116 | \item Ability to use different final state production codes
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| 117 | for different parts of the simulation, depending on the conditions at the
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| 118 | point of interaction.
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| 119 | \item Ability to add user-defined final state production models in
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| 120 | a seamless manner.
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| 121 | \item Flexible choice of isotope production models, to run in
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| 122 | parasitic mode to any kind of transport models.
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| 123 | \item Ability to use different isotope production codes
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| 124 | for different parts of the simulation, depending on the conditions at the
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| 125 | point of interaction.
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| 126 | \item Ability to add user-defined isotope production models in a
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| 127 | seamless manner.
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| 128 | \end{enumerate}
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| 129 |
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| 130 | \paragraph{Design and interfaces}
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| 131 | The above requirements are implemented in three framework components, one
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| 132 | for cross-sections, final state production, and isotope production each.
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| 133 | The class diagrams are shown in figure \ref{Level2_1} for the cross-section
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| 134 | aspects, figure \ref{Level2_2} for the final state production aspects,
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| 135 | and figure \ref{Level2_3} for the isotope production aspects.
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| 136 |
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| 137 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 2
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| 138 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_1.ps}
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| 139 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_1.eps}
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| 140 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_1.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 141 | \caption{Level 2 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 142 | of {\sc Geant4}; cross-section aspect.}
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| 143 | \label{Level2_1}
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| 144 | \end{figure}
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| 145 |
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| 146 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 3
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| 147 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_2.ps}
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| 148 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_2.eps}
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| 149 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_2.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 150 | \caption{Level 2 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 151 | of {\sc Geant4}; final state production aspect.}
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| 152 | \label{Level2_2}
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| 153 | \end{figure}
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| 154 |
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| 155 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 4
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| 156 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_3.ps}
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| 157 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_3.eps}
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| 158 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level2_3.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 159 | \caption{Level 2 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 160 | of {\sc Geant4}; isotope production aspect}
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| 161 | \label{Level2_3}
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| 162 | \end{figure}
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| 163 |
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| 164 | The three parts are integrated in the {\tt G4Hadronic\-Process} class, that
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| 165 | serves as base-class for all hadronic processes of particles in flight.
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| 166 | \paragraph{Cross-sections}
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| 167 | Each hadronic process is derived from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Process}, which
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| 168 | holds a list of ``cross section data sets''.
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| 169 | The term ``data set'' is
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| 170 | representing an object that encapsulates methods and data for calculating
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| 171 | total cross sections for a given process in a certain range of validity.
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| 172 | The implementations may take any form. It can be a simple equation as well as
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| 173 | sophisticated parameterisations, or evaluated data.
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| 174 | All cross section data set classes are derived from the abstract class
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| 175 | {\tt G4VCrossSection\-DataSet}, which declares methods that allow
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| 176 | the process inquire, about the applicability of an individual data-set through
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| 177 | \\
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| 178 | {\tt IsApplicable(const G4DynamicParticle*, const G4Element*)},
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| 179 | \\
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| 180 | and to de\-le\-gate the calculation of the actual cross-section value through
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| 181 | \\
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| 182 | {\tt GetCrossSection(const G4DynamicParticle*, const G4Element*)}.
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| 183 | \paragraph{Final state production}
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| 184 | The {\tt G4HadronicInteraction} base class is provided for final state
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| 185 | generation. It declares a minimal interface of only one pure virtual method:
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| 186 | \\
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| 187 | {\tt G4VParticleChange* ApplyYourself(const G4Track \&, G4Nucleus \&)}.
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| 188 | \\
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| 189 | {\tt G4HadronicProcess} provides a registry for final state
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| 190 | production models inheriting from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction}. Again, final
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| 191 | state production model is meant in very general terms. This can be an
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| 192 | implementation of a quark gluon string model\cite{QGSM}, a sampling code for
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| 193 | ENDF/B data formats \cite{ENDFForm}, or a parametrisation describing only
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| 194 | neutron elastic scattering off Silicon up to 300~MeV.
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| 195 | \paragraph{Isotope production}
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| 196 | For isotope production, a base class ({\tt G4VIsotope\-Production}) is
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| 197 | provided. It declares a method \\
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| 198 | {\tt G4IsoResult * GetIsotope(const G4Track \&, const G4Nucleus \&)} \\
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| 199 | that calculates and returns the isotope production information. Any concrete
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| 200 | isotope production model will inherit from this class, and implement the
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| 201 | method. Again, the modeling possibilities are not limited, and the
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| 202 | implementation of concrete production models is not restricted in any way.
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| 203 | By convention, the {\tt GetIsotope} method returns NULL, if the model
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| 204 | is not applicable for the current projectile target combination.
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| 205 | \paragraph{Framework functionality:}
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| 206 | \paragraph{Cross Sections}
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| 207 | {\tt G4HadronicProcess} provides registering possibilities for data sets.
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| 208 | A default is provided covering all possible conditions to some approximation.
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| 209 | The process stores and retrieves the data sets through a data store that acts
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| 210 | like a FILO stack (a Chain of Responsibility with a
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| 211 | First In Last Out decision strategy). This allows the user to map out
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| 212 | the entire parameter space by overlaying cross section data sets to optimise
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| 213 | the overall result. Examples are the cross sections for low energy neutron
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| 214 | transport. If these are registered last by the user, they will be used
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| 215 | whenever low energy neutrons are encountered. In all other conditions the
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| 216 | system falls back on the default, or data sets with earlier registration dates.
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| 217 | The fact that the registration is done through abstract base classes with no
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| 218 | side-effects allows the user to implement and use his own cross sections.
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| 219 | Examples are special reaction cross sections of $K^0$-nuclear interactions
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| 220 | that might be used for $\epsilon/\epsilon '$ analysis at LHC to control the
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| 221 | systematic error.
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| 222 | \paragraph{Final state production}
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| 223 | The {\tt G4HadronicProcess} class provides a registration service for classes
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| 224 | deriving from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction}, and delegates final state
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| 225 | production to the applicable model.
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| 226 | {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction} provides the functionality needed to define and
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| 227 | enforce the applicability of a particular model. Models inheriting from
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| 228 | {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction} can be restricted in applicability in projectile
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| 229 | type and energy, and can be activated/deactivated for individual materials and
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| 230 | elements. This allows a user to use final state production models in
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| 231 | arbitrary combinations, and to write his own models for
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| 232 | final state production. The design is a variant of a Chain of Responsibility.
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| 233 | An example would be the likely CMS scenario - the combination of low energy
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| 234 | neutron transport with a quantum molecular dynamics\cite{QMD} or chiral
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| 235 | invariant phase space decay\cite{CHIPS} model in the case of tracker materials
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| 236 | and fast parametrised models for calorimeter materials, with user defined
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| 237 | modeling of interactions of spallation nucleons with the most abundant
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| 238 | tracker and calorimeter materials.
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| 239 | \paragraph{Isotope production}
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| 240 | The {\tt G4HadronicProcess} by default calculates the isotope production
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| 241 | information from the final state given by the transport model. In addition, it
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| 242 | provides a registering mechanism for isotope production models that run in
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| 243 | parasitic mode to the transport models and inherit from
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| 244 | {\tt G4VIsotope\-Production}. The registering mechanism behaves like a FILO
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| 245 | stack, again based on Chain of Responsibility. The models will be asked for
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| 246 | isotope production information in inverse order of registration. The first
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| 247 | model that returns a non-NULL value will be applied. In addition, the
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| 248 | {\tt G4Hadronic\-Process} provides the basic infrastructure for accessing and
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| 249 | steering of isotope-production information. It allows to enable and disable
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| 250 | the calculation of isotope production information globally, or for individual
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| 251 | processes, and to retrieve the isotope production information through the
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| 252 | \\
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| 253 | {\tt G4IsoParticleChange * GetIsotopeProductionInfo()}
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| 254 | \\
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| 255 | method at the end of each step. The {\tt G4HadronicProcess} is a finite state
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| 256 | machine that will ensure the {\tt GetIsotope\-ProductionInfo} returns a
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| 257 | non-zero value only at the first call after isotope production occurred. An
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| 258 | example of the use of this functionality is the study of activation of a
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| 259 | Germanium detector in a high precision, low background experiment.
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| 260 | \section{Level 3 Framework - Theoretical Models}
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| 261 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 5
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| 262 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level3_1.ps}
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| 263 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level3_1.eps}
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| 264 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level3_1.ps,scale=1.0,angle=-90}}
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| 265 | \caption{Level 3 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 266 | of {\sc Geant4}; theoretical model aspect.}
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| 267 | \label{Level3_1}
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| 268 | \end{figure}
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| 269 | {\sc Geant4} provides at present one implementation framework for theory
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| 270 | driven models. The main use-case is that of a user wishing to use theoretical
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| 271 | models in general, and to use various intra-nuclear transport or pre-compound
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| 272 | models together with models simulating the initial interactions at very high
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| 273 | energies.
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| 274 | \paragraph{Requirements}
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| 275 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 276 | \item Allow to use or adapt any string-parton or parton transport\cite{VNI}
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| 277 | model.
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| 278 | \item Allow to adapt event generators, ex. PYTHIA\cite{PYTHIA7} for final
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| 279 | state production in shower simulation.
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| 280 | \item Allow for combination of the above with any intra-nuclear transport
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| 281 | (INT).
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| 282 | \item Allow stand-alone use of intra-nuclear transport.
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| 283 | \item Allow for combination of the above with any pre-compound model.
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| 284 | \item Allow stand-alone use of any pre-compound model.
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| 285 | \item Allow for use of any evaporation code.
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| 286 | \item Allow for seamless integration of user defined components for any of the above.
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| 287 | \end{enumerate}
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| 288 | \paragraph{Design and interfaces}
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| 289 | To provide the above flexibility, the following abstract base classes have been
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| 290 | implemented:
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| 291 | \begin{itemize}
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| 292 | \item {\tt G4VHighEnergyGenerator}
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| 293 | \item {\tt G4VIntranuclearTransportModel}
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| 294 | \item {\tt G4VPreCompoundModel}
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| 295 | \item {\tt G4VExcitationHandler}
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| 296 | \end{itemize}
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| 297 | In addition, the class {\tt G4TheoFS\-Generator} is provided to orchestrate
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| 298 | interactions between these classes. The class diagram is shown in
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| 299 | Fig. \ref{Level3_1}.
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| 300 |
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| 301 | {\tt G4VHighEnergy\-Generator} serves as base class for parton transport or
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| 302 | parton string models, and for Adapters to event generators. This class
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| 303 | declares two methods, {\tt Scatter}, and {\tt GetWoundedNucleus}.
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| 304 |
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| 305 | The base class for INT inherits from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction}, making any
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| 306 | concrete implementation usable as a stand-alone model. In doing so, it
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| 307 | re-declares the {\tt ApplyYourself} interface of {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction},
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| 308 | and adds a second interface, {\tt Propagate}, for further propagation
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| 309 | after high energy interactions. {\tt Propagate} takes as arguments a
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| 310 | three-dimensional model of a wounded nucleus, and a set of secondaries with
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| 311 | energies and positions.
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| 312 |
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| 313 | The base class for pre-equilibrium decay models, {\tt G4VPre\-CompoundModel},
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| 314 | inherits from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction}, again making any concrete
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| 315 | implementation usable as stand-alone model. It adds a pure virtual
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| 316 | {\tt DeExcite} method for further evolution of the system when intra-nuclear
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| 317 | transport assumptions break down. {\tt DeExcite} takes a {\tt G4Fragment},
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| 318 | the {\sc Geant4} representation of an excited nucleus, as argument.
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| 319 |
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| 320 | The base class for evaporation phases, {\tt G4VExcitation\-Handler}, declares
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| 321 | an abstract method, {\tt BreakItUP()}, for compound decay.
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| 322 |
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| 323 | \paragraph{Framework functionality}
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| 324 | The {\tt G4TheoFSGenerator} class inherits from {\tt G4Hadronic\-Interaction},
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| 325 | and hence can be registered as a model for final state production with a
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| 326 | hadronic process. It allows a concrete implementation of
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| 327 | {\tt G4VIntranuclear\-TransportModel} and {\tt G4VHighEnergy\-Generator} to be
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| 328 | registered, and delegates initial interactions, and intra-nuclear transport
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| 329 | of the corresponding secondaries to the respective classes. The design is a
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| 330 | complex variant of a Strategy. The most spectacular application of this
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| 331 | pattern is the use of parton-string models for string excitation, quark
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| 332 | molecular dynamics for correlated string decay, and quantum molecular dynamics
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| 333 | for transport, a combination which promises to result in a coherent
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| 334 | description of quark gluon plasma in high energy nucleus-nucleus interactions.
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| 335 |
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| 336 | The class {\tt G4VIntranuclearTransportModel} provides registering mechanisms
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| 337 | for concrete implementations of {\tt G4VPreCompound\-Model}, and provides
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| 338 | concrete intra-nuclear transports with the possibility of delegating
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| 339 | pre-compound decay to these models.
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| 340 |
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| 341 | {\tt G4VPreCompoundModel} provides a registering mechanism for compound decay
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| 342 | through the {\tt G4VExcitation\-Handler} interface, and provides concrete
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| 343 | implementations with the possibility of delegating the decay of a compound
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| 344 | nucleus.
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| 345 |
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| 346 | The concrete scenario of {\tt G4TheoFS\-Generator} using a dual parton model
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| 347 | and a classical cascade, which in turn uses an exciton pre-compound model that
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| 348 | delegates to an evaporation phase, would be the following:
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| 349 | {\tt G4TheoFS\-Generator} receives the conditions of the interaction; a
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| 350 | primary particle and a nucleus. It asks the dual parton model to perform the
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| 351 | initial scatterings, and return the final state, along with the by then
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| 352 | damaged nucleus. The nucleus records all information on the damage sustained.
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| 353 | {\tt G4TheoFS\-Generator} forwards all information to the classical cascade,
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| 354 | that propagates the particles in the already damaged nucleus, keeping track of
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| 355 | interactions, further damage to the nucleus, etc.. Once the cascade assumptions
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| 356 | break down, the cascade will collect the information of the current state of
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| 357 | the hadronic system, like excitation energy and number of excited particles,
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| 358 | and interpret it as a pre-compound system. It delegates the decay of this to
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| 359 | the exciton model. The exciton model will take the information provided, and
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| 360 | calculate
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| 361 | transitions and emissions, until the number of excitons in the system equals the mean number of
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| 362 | excitons expected in equilibrium for the current excitation energy. Then it hands over to the
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| 363 | evaporation phase. The evaporation phase decays the residual nucleus, and the Chain of
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| 364 | Command rolls back to {\tt G4TheoFS\-Generator}, accumulating the information produced in
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| 365 | the various levels of delegation.
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| 366 | \section{Level 4 Frameworks - String Parton Models and Intra-Nuclear Cascade}
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| 367 |
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| 368 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 1
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| 369 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_1.ps}
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| 370 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_1.eps}
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| 371 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_1.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 372 | \caption{Level 4 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 373 | of {\sc Geant4}; parton string aspect.}
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| 374 | \label{Level4_1}
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| 375 | \end{figure}
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| 376 |
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| 377 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 1
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| 378 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_2.ps}
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| 379 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_2.eps}
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| 380 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level4_2.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 381 | \caption{Level 4 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 382 | of {\sc Geant4}; intra-nuclear transport aspect.}
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| 383 | \label{Level4_2}
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| 384 | \end{figure}
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| 385 | The use-cases of this level are related to commonalities and detailed choices
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| 386 | in string-parton models and cascade models. They are use-cases of an expert
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| 387 | user wishing to alter details of a model, or a theoretical physicist, wishing
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| 388 | to study details of a particular model.
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| 389 | \paragraph{Requirements}
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| 390 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 391 | \item Allow to select string decay algorithm
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| 392 | \item Allow to select string excitation.
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| 393 | \item Allow the selection of concrete implementations of three-dimensional
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| 394 | models of the nucleus
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| 395 | \item Allow the selection of concrete implementations of final state and
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| 396 | cross sections in intra-nuclear scattering.
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| 397 | \end{enumerate}
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| 398 | \paragraph{Design and interfaces}
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| 399 | To fulfil the requirements on string models, two abstract classes are provided,
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| 400 | the {\tt G4VParton\-StringModel} and the {\tt G4VString\-Fragmentation}.
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| 401 | The base class for parton string models, {\tt G4VParton\-StringModel},
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| 402 | declares the {\tt GetStrings()} pure virtual method.
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| 403 | {\tt G4VString\-Fragmentation}, the pure abstract base class for string
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| 404 | fragmentation, declares the interface for string fragmentation.
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| 405 |
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| 406 | To fulfill the requirements on intra-nuclear transport, two abstract classes
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| 407 | are provided, {\tt G4V3DNucleus}, and {\tt G4VScatterer}.
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| 408 | At this point in time, the usage of these intra-nuclear transport related classes
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| 409 | by concrete codes is not enforced by designs, as the details of the
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| 410 | cascade loop are still model dependent, and more experience has to be gathered to achieve
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| 411 | standardisation. It is within the responsibility of the implementers of concrete
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| 412 | intra-nuclear transport
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| 413 | codes to use the abstract interfaces as defined in these classes.
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| 414 |
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| 415 | The class diagram is shown in figure \ref{Level4_1} for the string parton model aspects, and
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| 416 | in figure \ref{Level4_2} for the intra-nuclear transport.
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| 417 |
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| 418 | \paragraph{Framework functionality}
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| 419 | Again variants of Strategy, Bridge and Chain of Responsibility are used.
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| 420 | {\tt G4VParton\-StringModel} implements the initialisation of a
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| 421 | three-dimensional model of a nucleus, and the logic of scattering. It
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| 422 | delegates secondary production to string fragmentation through a
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| 423 | {\tt G4VString\-Fragmentation} pointer. It provides a registering service for
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| 424 | the concrete string fragmentation, and delegates the string excitation to
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| 425 | derived classes. Selection of string excitation is through selection of
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| 426 | derived class. Selection of string fragmentation is through registration.
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| 427 |
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| 428 | \section{Level 5 Framework - String De-excitation}
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| 429 |
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| 430 | \begin{figure}[htbp] % fig 1
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| 431 | %\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level5_1.ps}
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| 432 | \includegraphics[width=14cm]{GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level5_1.eps}
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| 433 | %% \centerline{\epsfig{file=GuideToExtendFunctionality/HadronicPhysics/Level5_1.ps,scale=0.8,angle=0}}
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| 434 | \caption{Level 5 implementation framework of the hadronic category
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| 435 | of {\sc Geant4}; string fragmentation aspect.}
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| 436 | \label{Level5_1}
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| 437 | \end{figure}
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| 438 | The use-case of this level is that of a user or theoretical physicist wishing
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| 439 | to understand the systematic effects involved in combining various
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| 440 | fragmentation functions with individual types of string fragmentation. Note
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| 441 | that this framework level is meeting the current state of the art, making
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| 442 | extensions and changes of interfaces in subsequent releases likely.
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| 443 | \paragraph{Requirements}
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| 444 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 445 | \item Allow the selection of fragmentation function.
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| 446 | \end{enumerate}
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| 447 | \paragraph{Design and interfaces}
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| 448 | A base class for fragmentation functions, {\tt G4VFragmentation\-Function}, is
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| 449 | provided. It declares the {\tt GetLightConeZ()} interface.
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| 450 | \paragraph{Framework functionality}
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| 451 | The design is a basic Strategy. The class diagram is shown in
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| 452 | Fig. \ref{Level5_1}. At this point in time, the usage of the
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| 453 | {\tt G4VFragmentation\-Function} is not enforced by design, but made available
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| 454 | from the {\tt G4VString\-Fragmentation} to an implementer of a concrete string
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| 455 | decay. {\tt G4VString\-Fragmentation} provides a registering mechanism for the
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| 456 | concrete fragmentation function. It delegates the calculation of $z_f$ of the
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| 457 | hadron to split of the string to the concrete implementation. Standardisation
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| 458 | in this area is expected.
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| 459 |
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| 460 | \begin{latexonly}
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| 461 | \begin{thebibliography}{999}
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| 462 | \bibitem{Geant4} The GEANT~4 Collaboration, \\
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| 463 | CERN/DRDC/94--29, DRDC/P58 1994.
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| 464 | \bibitem{Patterns} E. Gamm et al., Design Patterns, Addison-Wesley Professional
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| 465 | Computing Series, 1995.
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| 466 | \bibitem{G4Manual}
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| 467 | {\scriptsize http://cern.ch/wwwasd/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/Overview/html/index.html}
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| 468 | \bibitem{QGSM} Kaidalov A. B., Ter-Martirosyan K. A., Phys. Lett. {\bf B117}
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| 469 | 247 (1982);
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| 470 | \bibitem{ENDFForm}
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| 471 | Data Formats and Procedures for the Evaluated Nuclear Data File, National
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| 472 | Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
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| 473 | \bibitem{QMD} For example: VUU and (R)QMD model of high-energy heavy ion
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| 474 | collisions. H. Stocker et al., Nucl. Phys. A538, 53c-64c (1992)
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| 475 | \bibitem{CHIPS} P.V. Degtyarenko, M.V. Kossov, H.P. Wellisch,
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| 476 | Eur. Phys J. A 8, 217-222 (2000)
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| 477 | \bibitem{VNI} VNI 3.1, Klaus Geiger (Brookhaven), BNL-63762,
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| 478 | Comput. Phys. Commun. 104, 70-160 (1997)
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| 479 | \bibitem{PYTHIA7} M. Bertini, L. L\"onnblad, T. Sj\"orstrand, Pythia version
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| 480 | 7-0.0 -- a proof-of-concept version, LU-TP 00-23, hep-ph/0006152, May 2000
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| 481 |
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| 482 | \end{thebibliography}
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| 483 | \end{latexonly}
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| 484 |
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| 485 | \begin{htmlonly}
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| 486 | \section{Bibliography}
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| 487 | \begin{enumerate}
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| 488 |
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| 489 | \item The GEANT~4 Collaboration, \\
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| 490 | CERN/DRDC/94--29, DRDC/P58 1994.
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| 491 | \item E. Gamm et al., Design Patterns, Addison-Wesley Professional
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| 492 | Computing Series, 1995.
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| 493 | \item
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| 494 | {\scriptsize http://cern.ch/wwwasd/geant4/G4UsersDocuments/Overview/html/index.html}
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| 495 | \item Kaidalov A. B., Ter-Martirosyan K. A., Phys. Lett. <b>B117</b> 247
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| 496 | (1982);
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| 497 | \item
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| 498 | Data Formats and Procedures for the Evaluated Nuclear Data File, National
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| 499 | Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA.
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| 500 | \item For example: VUU and (R)QMD model of high-energy heavy ion
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| 501 | collisions. H. Stocker et al., Nucl. Phys. A538, 53c-64c (1992)
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| 502 | \item P.V. Degtyarenko, M.V. Kossov, H.P. Wellisch,
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| 503 | Eur. Phys J. A 8, 217-222 (2000)
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| 504 | \item VNI 3.1, Klaus Geiger (Brookhaven), BNL-63762,
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| 505 | Comput. Phys. Commun. 104, 70-160 (1997)
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| 506 | \item M. Bertini, L. L\"onnblad, T. Sj\"orstrand, Pythia version
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| 507 | 7-0.0 -- a proof-of-concept version, LU-TP 00-23, hep-ph/0006152, May 2000
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| 508 |
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| 509 | \end{enumerate}
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| 510 | \end{htmlonly}
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