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// $Id: G4AnnihiToMuPair.hh,v 1.3 2009/11/09 18:24:07 vnivanch Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-09-03 $
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//         ------------ G4AnnihiToMuPair physics process ------
//         by H.Burkhardt, S. Kelner and R. Kokoulin, November 2002
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// class description
//
// (high energy) e+ (atomic) e- ---> mu+ mu-
// inherit from G4VDiscreteProcess
//
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//
// 04.02.03 : cosmetic simplifications (mma)
// 27.01.03 : first implementation (hbu)
//
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#ifndef G4AnnihiToMuPair_h
#define G4AnnihiToMuPair_h 1

#include "G4VDiscreteProcess.hh"
#include "globals.hh"

class G4ParticleDefinition;
class G4Track;
class G4Step;

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class G4AnnihiToMuPair : public G4VDiscreteProcess
{
  public:  // with description

     G4AnnihiToMuPair(const G4String& processName ="AnnihiToMuPair",
                            G4ProcessType type = fElectromagnetic);

    ~G4AnnihiToMuPair();

     G4bool IsApplicable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);
       // true for positron only.

     void BuildPhysicsTable(const G4ParticleDefinition&);
       // here dummy, just calling PrintInfoDefinition
       // the total cross section is calculated analytically

     void PrintInfoDefinition();
       // Print few lines of informations about the process: validity range,
       // origine ..etc..
       // Invoked by BuildPhysicsTable().

     void SetCrossSecFactor(G4double fac);
       // Set the factor to artificially increase the crossSection (default 1)

     G4double GetCrossSecFactor() {return CrossSecFactor;};
       // Get the factor to artificially increase the cross section

     G4double CrossSectionPerVolume(G4double PositronEnergy, 
                                    const G4Material*);
       // Compute total cross section                                    

     G4double ComputeCrossSectionPerAtom(G4double PositronEnergy,
                                         G4double AtomicZ);
       // Compute total cross section                                    

     G4double GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track& aTrack,
                              G4double previousStepSize,
                              G4ForceCondition* );
       // It returns the MeanFreePath of the process for the current track :
       // (energy, material)
       // The previousStepSize and G4ForceCondition* are not used.
       // This function overloads a virtual function of the base class.
       // It is invoked by the ProcessManager of the Particle.

     G4VParticleChange* PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack,
                                     const G4Step& aStep);
       // It computes the final state of the process (at end of step),
       // returned as a ParticleChange object.
       // This function overloads a virtual function of the base class.
       // It is invoked by the ProcessManager of the Particle.

  private:

     // hide assignment operator as private
     G4AnnihiToMuPair& operator=(const G4AnnihiToMuPair &right);
     G4AnnihiToMuPair(const G4AnnihiToMuPair& );

     G4double LowestEnergyLimit;     // Energy threshold of e+
     G4double HighestEnergyLimit;    // Limit of validity of the model

     G4double CurrentSigma;          // the last value of cross section per volume 

     G4double CrossSecFactor;        // factor to artificially increase 
                                     // the cross section, static to make sure
                                     // to have single value
};

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#endif