include/Geant4/G4VhElectronicStoppingPower.hh

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0029 // GEANT4 Class file
0030 //
0031 //
0032 // File name:     G4VhElectronicStoppingPower
0033 //
0034 // Author:        V.Ivanchenko (Vladimir.Ivanchenko@cern.ch)
0035 //
0036 // Creation date: 20 July 2000
0037 //
0038 // Modifications:
0039 // 20/07/2000  V.Ivanchenko First implementation
0040 //
0041 // Class Description:
0042 //
0043 // Low energy hadrons/ions electronic stopping power parametrisation
0044 // Virtual class to provide the interface between G4hLowEnergyIonisation
0045 // and a model of energy loss of low energy proton or alpha particle.
0046 // Further documentation available from http://www.ge.infn.it/geant4/lowE
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0049 //
0050
0051 #ifndef G4VhElectronicStoppingPower_h
0052 #define G4VhElectronicStoppingPower_h 1
0053
0054 #include "G4ios.hh"
0055 #include "globals.hh"
0056
0057 class G4Material;
0058
0059 class G4VhElectronicStoppingPower
0060 {
0061 public:
0062   explicit G4VhElectronicStoppingPower();
0063   virtual ~G4VhElectronicStoppingPower();
0064
0065   virtual G4double StoppingPower(const G4Material* material,
0066                                        G4double kineticEnergy) = 0 ;
0067
0068   virtual G4bool HasMaterial(const G4Material* material) = 0 ;
0069
0070   virtual G4double ElectronicStoppingPower(G4double z,
0071                                            G4double kineticEnergy) const = 0;
0072
0073   G4VhElectronicStoppingPower(G4VhElectronicStoppingPower &) = delete;
0074   G4VhElectronicStoppingPower & operator =
0075   (const G4VhElectronicStoppingPower &right) = delete;
0076
0077 protected:
0078
0079   /// This method returns He effective charge square parametrised according to
0080   /// J.F.Ziegler, J.P. Biersack, U. Littmark
0081   /// The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter,
0082   /// Vol.1, Pergamon Press, 1985
0083   G4double HeEffChargeSquare(const G4double z,
0084                              const G4double kineticEnergyHe) const;
0085
0086   G4double GetHeMassAMU() const {return theHeMassAMU;};
0087
0088 private:
0089
0090   const G4double theHeMassAMU;
0091 };
0092
0093 #endif