G4IonStoppingData

public G4VIonDEDXTable

Class which can read ion stopping power data from $G4LEDATA/ion_stopping_data

ionization (ion_stopping_data/icru73):

   zZZ_MAT.dat       = mass stopping powers from ICRU 73 tables and revised
                       tables provided by P. Sigmund/Univ. of Southern Denmark
                       (revised tables are: G4_WATER (all considered ions), 
                       G4_WATER_VAPOR (all considered ions), G4NYLON-6-6
                       (F ions), G4_Cu (all considered ions))

                       File name definition:
                         * Elemental targets: zZZ_YY.dat
                                               ZZ = ion atomic number
                                               YY = atomic number of material
                         * Compound materials: zZZ_NAME.dat
                                               ZZ = ion atomic number
                                               YY = material name 

                       File content:
                         Format readable by G4LPhysicsFreeVector, data in
                         ICRU 73 units:
                           1st column: Energy per nucleon in MeV
                           2nd column: Mass stopping power in MeV*cm2/(mg)

class

 public:
   G4IonStoppingData(const G4String& leDirectory);
   virtual ~G4IonStoppingData();

   // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables
   // for a given ion-material couple, where the material consists of
   // a single element only.
   G4bool IsApplicable(
        G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        G4int atomicNumberElem          // Atomic number of elemental material
                       );

   // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables
   // for given ion-material couples.
   G4bool IsApplicable(
        G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        const G4String& matIdentifier   // Name or chemical formula of material
                       );

   // Function which invokes the read/build process of physics vectors from
   // files in G4LEDATA
   G4bool BuildPhysicsVector(G4int ionZ, 
                             const G4String& matName);

   // Function which invokes the read/build process of physics vectors from
   // files in G4LEDATA
   G4bool BuildPhysicsVector(G4int ionZ, 
                             G4int matZ);

   // Function returning the stopping power vector for given ion-material
   // couples, where the material consists of a single element only.
   G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector(
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        G4int atomicNumberElem          // Atomic number of elemental material
                     );

   // Function returning the stopping power vector for given ion-material
   // couples.
   G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector(
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        const G4String& matIdenfier     // Name or chemical formula of material
                     );

   // Function returning the stopping power value for given ion-material
   // couples, where the material consists of a single element only, and
   // given energy.
   G4double GetDEDX(
        G4double kinEnergyPerNucleon,   // Kinetic energy per nucleon
        G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        G4int atomicNumberElem          // Atomic number of elemental material
                     );

   // Function returning the stopping power value for given ion-material
   // couples and given energy.
   G4double GetDEDX(
        G4double kinEnergyPerNucleon,   // Kinetic energy per nucleon
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        const G4String& matIdentifier   // Name or chemical formula of material
                     );

   // Function for adding dE/dx vector for an elemental materials. The last
   // argument only applies to elemental materials.
   G4bool AddPhysicsVector(
        G4PhysicsVector* physicsVector, // Physics vector
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        const G4String& matIdentifier   // Name or chemical formula of material
                 );

   // Function for adding dE/dx vector for an elemental materials. The last
   // argument only applies to elemental materials.
   G4bool AddPhysicsVector(
        G4PhysicsVector* physicsVector, // Physics vector
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        G4int atomicNumberElem          // Atomic number of elemental material
             );

   // Function for removing dE/dx vector for a compound materials
   G4bool RemovePhysicsVector(
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        const G4String& matIdentifier   // Name or chemical formula of material
                );
   // Function for removing dE/dx vector for a compound materials
   G4bool RemovePhysicsVector(
    G4int atomicNumberIon,          // Atomic number of ion
        G4int atomicNumberElem          // Atomic number of elemental material
                );
   // Function deleting all physics vectors and clearing the maps
   void ClearTable();

   // Function printing the ion-material pairs of available vectors to stdout
   void DumpMap();

 private:

   G4IonStoppingData(G4IonStoppingData&) = delete;
   const G4IonStoppingData & operator=(const G4IonStoppingData&) = delete;