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For // ion-material combinations and/or projectile energies not covered // by this model, the G4BraggIonModel and G4BetheBloch models are // employed. // // Comments: // // =========================================================================== inline G4double G4IonParametrisedLossModel::DeltaRayMeanEnergyTransferRate( const G4Material* material, const G4ParticleDefinition* particle, G4double kineticEnergy, G4double cutEnergy) { // ############## Mean energy transferred to delta-rays ################### // Computes the mean energy transfered to delta-rays per unit length, // considering only delta-rays with energies above the energy threshold // (energy cut) // // The mean energy transfer rate is derived by using the differential // cross section given in the references below. // // See Geant4 physics reference manual (version 9.1), section 9.1.3 // // Ref.: W.M. Yao et al, Jour. of Phys. G 33 (2006) 1. // B. Rossi, High energy particles, New York, NY: Prentice-Hall (1952). // // (Implementation adapted from G4BraggIonModel) // *** Variables: // kineticEnergy = kinetic energy of projectile // totEnergy = total energy of projectile, i.e. kinetic energy // plus rest energy (Mc^2) // betaSquared = beta of projectile squared, calculated as // beta^2 = 1 - 1 / (E/Mc^2)^2 // = T * ( E + Mc^2 ) / E^2 // where T = kineticEnergy, E = totEnergy // cutEnergy = energy threshold for secondary particle production // i.e. energy cut, below which energy transfered to // electrons is treated as continuous loss of projectile // maxKinEnergy = maximum energy transferable to secondary electrons // meanRate = mean kinetic energy of delta ray (per unit length) // (above cutEnergy) G4double meanRate = 0.0; G4double maxKinEnergy = MaxSecondaryEnergy(particle, kineticEnergy); if (cutEnergy < maxKinEnergy) { G4double totalEnergy = kineticEnergy + cacheMass; G4double betaSquared = kineticEnergy * (totalEnergy + cacheMass) / (totalEnergy * totalEnergy); G4double cutMaxEnergyRatio = cutEnergy / maxKinEnergy; meanRate = (- std::log(cutMaxEnergyRatio) - (1.0 - cutMaxEnergyRatio) * betaSquared) * twopi_mc2_rcl2 * (material->GetTotNbOfElectPerVolume()) / betaSquared; meanRate *= GetChargeSquareRatio(particle, material, kineticEnergy); } return meanRate; } inline void G4IonParametrisedLossModel::UpdateCache( const G4ParticleDefinition* particle) { cacheParticle = particle; cacheMass = particle -> GetPDGMass(); cacheElecMassRatio = electron_mass_c2 / cacheMass; G4double q = particle -> GetPDGCharge() / eplus; cacheChargeSquare = q * q; } inline LossTableList::iterator G4IonParametrisedLossModel::IsApplicable( const G4ParticleDefinition* particle, // Projectile (ion) const G4Material* material) { // Target material LossTableList::iterator iter = lossTableList.end(); LossTableList::iterator iterTables = lossTableList.begin(); LossTableList::iterator iterTables_end = lossTableList.end(); for(;iterTables != iterTables_end; iterTables++) { G4bool isApplicable = (*iterTables) -> IsApplicable(particle, material); if(isApplicable) { iter = iterTables; break; } } return iter; } inline void G4IonParametrisedLossModel::SetEnergyLossLimit( G4double ionEnergyLossLimit) { if(ionEnergyLossLimit > 0 && ionEnergyLossLimit <=1) { energyLossLimit = ionEnergyLossLimit; } }