G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm

Base class for dE/dx scaling algorithms, used by G4IonDEDXHandler

class

 public:
   G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm();
   virtual ~G4VIonDEDXScalingAlgorithm();

   // Function for scaling the kinetic energy (no scaling by default).
   // Returns scaling factor for a given ion.
   virtual G4double ScalingFactorEnergy(
             const G4ParticleDefinition*,     // Projectile (ion) 
             const G4Material*)               // Target material
                 { return 1.0; }

   // 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.
   virtual G4double ScalingFactorDEDX(
             const G4ParticleDefinition*,     // Projectile (ion) 
             const G4Material*,               // Target material
             G4double)                        // Kinetic energy of projectile 
                 { return 1.0; }

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