G4BrentLocator.hh

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// G4BrentLocator
//
// class description:
// 
// Implementing the calculation of the intersection point with a boundary when
// PropagationInField is used. Second order locator based on Brent Method
// for finding the intersection point by means of a 'depth' algorithm in case
// of slow progress (intersection is not found after 100 trials).
 
// Author: Tatiana Nikitina (CERN), 27 October 2008
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef G4BRENTLOCATOR_HH
#define G4BRENTLOCATOR_HH 1
 
#include "G4VIntersectionLocator.hh"
 
/**
 * @brief G4BrentLocator implements the calculation of the intersection point
 * with a boundary when G4PropagationInField is used. Second order locator based
 * on Brent Method for finding the intersection point by means of a 'depth'
 * algorithm in case of slow progress (intersection is not found after 100
 * trials).
 */
class G4BrentLocator : public G4VIntersectionLocator
{
  public:
 
    /**
     * Constructor and Destructor.
     */
    G4BrentLocator(G4Navigator *theNavigator);
    ~G4BrentLocator() override;
 
    /**
     * If such an intersection exists, this method calculates the intersection
     * point of the true path of the particle with the surface of the current
     * volume (or of one of its daughters). 
     * Should use lateral displacement as measure of convergence.
     *  @note Changes the safety!
     *  @param[in] curveStartPointTangent Start point tangent track.
     *  @param[in] curveEndPointTangent End point tangent track.
     *  @param[in] trialPoint Trial point.
     *  @param[out] intersectPointTangent Intersection point tangent track.
     *  @param[out] recalculatedEndPoint Flagging if end point was recomputed.
     *  @param[in,out] fPreviousSafety Previous safety distance.
     *  @param[in,out] fPreviousSftOrigin Previous safety point origin.
     *  @returns Whether intersection exists or not. 
     */
    G4bool EstimateIntersectionPoint( 
         const  G4FieldTrack&       curveStartPointTangent,           // A
         const  G4FieldTrack&       curveEndPointTangent,             // B
         const  G4ThreeVector&      trialPoint,                       // E
                G4FieldTrack&       intersectPointTangent,            // Output
                G4bool&             recalculatedEndPoint,             // Out
                G4double&           fPreviousSafety,                  // In/Out
                G4ThreeVector&      fPreviousSftOrigin) override;     // In/Out
 
  private:
 
    static const G4int max_depth = 4;
 
    /** Used to store intermediate track values in case of too slow progress. */
    G4FieldTrack* ptrInterMedFT[max_depth+1];
};
 
#endif