G4SimpleRunge.hh

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// G4SimpleRunge
//
// Class description:
//
// Simple Runge:
//
//        x_1 = x_0 + h * ( dx( t_0+h/2, x_0 + h/2 * dx( t_0, x_0) ) )
//
// Second order solver.
// Takes the derivative at a position to be assumed at the middle of the
// Step and adds it to the current position.
 
// Author: W.Wander (MIT), 12.09.1997
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4SIMPLERUNGE_HH
#define G4SIMPLERUNGE_HH
 
#include "G4MagErrorStepper.hh"
 
/**
 * @brief G4SimpleRunge implements a simple Runge stepper for magnetic field
 * with 2nd order solver.
 */
 
class G4SimpleRunge : public G4MagErrorStepper
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Constructor for G4SimpleRunge.
     *  @param[in] EquationRhs Pointer to the provided equation of motion.
     *  @param[in] numberOfVariables The number of integration variables.
     */
    G4SimpleRunge(G4EquationOfMotion* EquationRhs,
                  G4int numberOfVariables = 6);
 
    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    ~G4SimpleRunge() override;
 
    /**
     * Copy constructor and assignment operator not allowed.
     */
    G4SimpleRunge(const G4SimpleRunge&) = delete;
    G4SimpleRunge& operator=(const G4SimpleRunge&) = delete;
 
    /**
     * The stepper for the Runge Kutta integration, but performing a 'dump' step
     * without error calculation.
     *  @param[in] y Starting values array of integration variables.
     *  @param[in] dydx Derivatives array.
     *  @param[in] h The given step size.
     *  @param[out] yout Integration output.
     */
    void DumbStepper( const G4double y[],
                      const G4double dydx[],
                            G4double h,
                            G4double yout[] ) override;
 
    /**
     * Returns the order, 2, of integration.
     */
    inline G4int IntegratorOrder() const override { return 2; }
 
    /**
     * Returns the stepper type-ID, "kSimpleRunge".
     */
    inline G4StepperType StepperType() const override { return kSimpleRunge; }
 
  private:
 
    G4int fNumberOfVariables = 0;
 
    G4double* dydxTemp = nullptr;
    G4double* yTemp = nullptr;
};
 
#endif