G4IonDEDXScalingICRU73

public G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm

dE/dx scaling algorithm applied on top of ICRU 73 data (for ions not covered by the ICRU 73 report)

class

 public:
   G4IonDEDXScalingICRU73(G4int minAtomicNumberIon = 19,
                          G4int maxAtomicNumberIon = 102);
   ~G4IonDEDXScalingICRU73();

   // Function for scaling the kinetic energy (no scaling by default).
   // Returns scaling factor for a given ion.
   G4double ScalingFactorEnergy(
             const G4ParticleDefinition* particle,     // Projectile (ion) 
             const G4Material* material);              // Target material


   // Function for scaling the dE/dx value (no scaling by default).
   // Returns scaling factor for a given ion-material couple and
   // a given kinetic energy.
   G4double ScalingFactorDEDX(
             const G4ParticleDefinition* particle,     // Projectile (ion) 
             const G4Material*,                        // Target material
             G4double kineticEnergy);                  // Kinetic energy


   // Function for defining a base particle for dE/dx calculation.
   // (no base particle by default). Returns atomic number of base
   // particle.
   G4int AtomicNumberBaseIon(
             G4int atomicNumberIon,           // Atomic number of ion 
             const G4Material*);              // Target material

 private:
   void UpdateCacheParticle(
             const G4ParticleDefinition* particle);    // Projectile (ion) 

   void UpdateCacheMaterial(
             const G4Material* material);              // Target material 

   void CreateReferenceParticles();

   G4double EquilibriumCharge(
             G4double mass,                            // Ion mass
             G4double charge,                          // Ion charge
             G4double atomicNumberPow,                 // Power of atomic nmb  
             G4double kineticEnergy);                  // Kinetic energy