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// GEANT4 Class header file
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// File name:     G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel
//
// Author:        Mihaly Novak / (Omrane Kadri)
//
// Creation date: 20.02.2009
//
// Modifications:
// 04.03.2009 V.Ivanchenko cleanup and format according to Geant4 EM style
// 12.05.2010 O.Kadri: adding Qn1 and Qn12 as private doubles
// 18.05.2015 M. Novak provide PLERIMINARYY version of updated class.
//            All algorithms of the class were revised and updated, new methods added.
//            A new version of Kawrakow-Bielajew Goudsmit-Saunderson MSC model
//            based on the screened Rutherford DCS for elastic scattering of
//            electrons/positrons has been introduced[1,2]. The corresponding MSC
//            angular distributions over a 2D parameter grid have been recomputed
//            and the CDFs are now stored in a variable transformed (smooth) form[2,3]
//            together with the corresponding rational interpolation parameters.
//            These angular distributions are handled by the new
//            G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable class that is responsible to sample if
//            it was no, single, few or multiple scattering case and delivers the
//            angular deflection (i.e. cos(theta) and sin(theta)).
//            Two screening options are provided:
//             - if fgIsUsePWATotalXsecData=TRUE i.e. SetOptionPWAScreening(TRUE)
//               was called before initialisation: screening parameter value A is
//               determined such that the first transport coefficient G1(A)
//               computed according to the screened Rutherford DCS for elastic
//               scattering will reproduce the one computed from the PWA elastic
//               and first transport mean free paths[4].
//             - if fgIsUsePWATotalXsecData=FALSE i.e. default value or
//               SetOptionPWAScreening(FALSE) was called before initialisation:
//               screening parameter value A is computed according to Moliere's
//               formula (by using material dependent parameters \chi_cc2 and b_c
//               precomputed for each material used at initialization in
//               G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable) [3]
//            Elastic and first trasport mean free paths are used consistently.
//            The new version is self-consistent, several times faster, more
//            robust and accurate compared to the earlier version.
//            Spin effects as well as a more accurate energy loss correction and
//            computations of Lewis moments will be implemented later on.
//            [1] A.F.Bielajew, NIMB 111 (1996) 195-208
//            [2] I.Kawrakow, A.F.Bielajew, NIMB 134(1998) 325-336
//            [3] I.Kawrakow, E.Mainegra-Hing, D.W.O.Rogers, F.Tessier,B.R.B.Walters,
//                NRCC Report PIRS-701 (2013)
//            [4] F.Salvat, A.Jablonski, C.J. Powell, CPC 165(2005) 157-190
// 02.09.2015 M. Novak: first version of new step limit is provided.
//            fUseSafetyPlus corresponds to Urban fUseSafety (default)
//            fUseDistanceToBoundary corresponds to Urban fUseDistanceToBoundary
//            fUseSafety  corresponds to EGSnrc error-free stepping algorithm
//            Range factor can be significantly higher at each case than in Urban.
// 23.08.2017 M. Novak: added corrections to account spin effects (Mott-correction).
//            It can be activated by setting the fIsMottCorrection flag to be true
//            before initialization using the SetOptionMottCorrection() public method.
//            The fMottCorrection member is responsible to handle pre-computed Mott
//            correction (rejection) functions obtained by numerically computing
//            Goudsmit-Saunderson agnular distributions based on a DCS accounting spin
//            effects and screening corrections. The DCS used to compute the accurate
//            GS angular distributions is: DCS_{cor} = DCS_{SR}x[ DCS_{R}/DCS_{Mott}] where :
//               # DCS_{SR} is the relativistic Screened-Rutherford DCS (first Born approximate
//                 solution of the Klein-Gordon i.e. relativistic Schrodinger equation =>
//                 scattering of spinless e- on exponentially screened Coulomb potential)
//                 note: the default (without using Mott-correction) GS angular distributions
//                 are based on this DCS_{SR} with Moliere's screening parameter!
//               # DCS_{R} is the Rutherford DCS which is the same as above but without
//                 screening
//               # DCS_{Mott} is the Mott DCS i.e. solution of the Dirac equation with a bare
//                 Coulomb potential i.e. scattering of particles with spin (e- or e+) on a
//                 point-like unscreened Coulomb potential
//               # moreover, the screening parameter of the DCS_{cor} was determined such that
//                 the DCS_{cor} with this corrected screening parameter reproduce the first
//                 transport cross sections obtained from the corresponding most accurate DCS
//                 (i.e. from elsepa [4])
//            Unlike the default GS, the Mott-corrected angular distributions are particle type
//            (different for e- and e+ <= the DCS_{Mott} and the screening correction) and target
//            (Z and material) dependent.
// 02.02.2018 M. Novak: implemented CrossSectionPerVolume interface method (used only for testing)
// 26.10.2025 M. Novak: the model has only its accurate stepping and boundary crossing algorithms
//            left as the only option that ensures the expected precision, especially when activating
//            its Mott correction option (that also activates the screeing and scattering power
//            corrections). The model has been used for describing e-/e+ MSC (below 100 MeV kinetic)
//            energy in the option4, Penelope and Livermore EM physics constructors since Geant4 10.6.
//
//
// Class description:
//   Kawrakow-Bielajew Goudsmit-Saunderson MSC model based on the screened Rutherford DCS
//   for elastic scattering of e-/e+. Option, to include Mott correction, is also available
//   that also activates the screening and scattering power corrections leading to the most
//   precise settings of the model. With the accurate electron stepping and boundary crossing
//   algorithm the model provides very precise e-/e+ simulation and tracking independently
//   from the target material and geometrical configurations similarly to EGSnrc. All details
//   are available in the corresponding technical note (M. Novak: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13361).
//
// References:
//   M. Novak: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13361
//
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
#ifndef G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel_h
#define G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel_h 1
 
#include <CLHEP/Units/SystemOfUnits.h>
 
#include "G4VMscModel.hh"
#include "G4PhysicsTable.hh"
#include "G4MaterialCutsCouple.hh"
#include "globals.hh"
 
 
class G4DataVector;
class G4ParticleChangeForMSC;
class G4LossTableManager;
class G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable;
class G4GSPWACorrections;
 
class G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel : public G4VMscModel
{
public:
 
  G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel(const G4String& nam = "GoudsmitSaunderson");
 
  ~G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel() override;
 
  void Initialise(const G4ParticleDefinition*, const G4DataVector&) override;
 
  void InitialiseLocal(const G4ParticleDefinition* p, G4VEmModel* masterModel) override;
 
  G4ThreeVector& SampleScattering(const G4ThreeVector&, G4double safety) override;
 
  G4double ComputeTruePathLengthLimit(const G4Track& track, G4double& currentMinimalStep) override;
 
  G4double ComputeGeomPathLength(G4double truePathLength) override;
 
  G4double ComputeTrueStepLength(G4double geomStepLength) override;
 
  // method to compute first transport cross section per Volume (i.e. macroscropic first transport cross section; this
  // method is used only for testing and not during a normal simulation)
  G4double CrossSectionPerVolume(const G4Material*, const G4ParticleDefinition*, G4double kineticEnergy, G4double cutEnergy = 0.0, G4double maxEnergy = DBL_MAX) override;
 
  void     StartTracking(G4Track*) override;
 
  void     SampleMSC();
 
  G4double GetTransportMeanFreePath(const G4ParticleDefinition*, G4double);
 
  void SetOptionPWACorrection(G4bool opt)    { fIsUsePWACorrection = opt; }
 
  G4bool GetOptionPWACorrection() const      { return fIsUsePWACorrection; }
 
  void   SetOptionMottCorrection(G4bool opt) { fIsUseMottCorrection = opt; }
 
  G4bool GetOptionMottCorrection() const     { return fIsUseMottCorrection; }
 
  void   SetOptionOptimisation(G4bool opt) { fIsUseOptimisation = opt; }
 
  G4bool GetOptionOptimisation() const     { return fIsUseOptimisation; }
 
  G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable* GetGSTable()          { return fGSTable; }
 
  G4GSPWACorrections*        GetPWACorrection()    { return fPWACorrection; }
 
  //  hide assignment operator
  G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel & operator=(const  G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel &right) = delete;
  G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel(const  G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel&) = delete;
 
private:
  inline void     SetParticle(const G4ParticleDefinition* p);
 
  inline G4double GetLambda(G4double);
 
  G4double GetTransportMeanFreePathOnly(const G4ParticleDefinition*,G4double);
 
private:
 
  G4double currentKinEnergy;
  G4double currentRange;
  G4double presafety;
  G4int    currentMaterialIndex;
  //
  const G4ParticleDefinition* particle;
  G4ParticleChangeForMSC*     fParticleChange;
  const G4MaterialCutsCouple* currentCouple;
 
  G4GoudsmitSaundersonTable*  fGSTable;
  G4GSPWACorrections*         fPWACorrection;
 
  G4bool   fIsUsePWACorrection;
  G4bool   fIsUseMottCorrection;
  G4bool   fIsUseOptimisation;
  //
  G4double fLambda0; // elastic mean free path
  G4double fLambda1; // first transport mean free path
  G4double fScrA;    // screening parameter
  G4double fG1;      // first transport coef.
  // in case of Mott-correction
  G4double fMCtoScrA;
  G4double fMCtoQ1;
  G4double fMCtoG2PerG1;
  //
  G4double fTheTrueStepLenght;
  G4double fTheZPathLenght;
  //
  G4ThreeVector fTheDisplacementVector;
  G4ThreeVector fTheNewDirection;
  //
  G4bool fIsEndedUpOnBoundary;
  G4bool fIsMultipleScattering;
  G4bool fIsSingleScattering;
  G4bool fIsNoScatteringInMSC;
  G4bool fIsSimplified;
};
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
inline
void G4GoudsmitSaundersonMscModel::SetParticle(const G4ParticleDefinition* p)
{
  if (p != particle) {
    particle = p;
  }
}
 
#endif