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  1 # Category transport History                        1 # Category transport History
  2                                                     2 
  3 See `CONTRIBUTING.rst` for details of **requir      3 See `CONTRIBUTING.rst` for details of **required** info/format for each entry,
  4 which **must** added in reverse chronological       4 which **must** added in reverse chronological order (newest at the top).
  5 It must **not** be used as a substitute for wr      5 It must **not** be used as a substitute for writing good git commit messages!
  6                                                     6 
  7 ----------------------------------------------      7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8                                                     8 
  9 ## 2024-10-08 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-02 <<   9 ## 2023-01-25 John Apostolakis (transport-V11-00-11)
 10 - Introduce `TRANSPORTATION_WITH_MSC` process  << 
 11                                                << 
 12 ## 2023-01-26 John Apostolakis (transport-V11- << 
 13 - Added a method to set both warning & importa << 
 14   Added method to report lock errors.          << 
 15   Improve reporting of inconsistent changes of << 
 16     (not only enforce warning_E < important_E  << 
 17                                                << 
 18 ## 2023-01-25 John Apostolakis (transport-V11- << 
 19 - Fix unwanted change of default looper parame     10 - Fix unwanted change of default looper parameters.
 20   ( Reversed inadvertent creation of G4Transpo     11   ( Reversed inadvertent creation of G4TransportationParameters in
 21     calls to G4Transportation constructor.)        12     calls to G4Transportation constructor.)
 22                                                    13 
 23 ## 2023-01-09 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-01 <<  14 ## 2023-01-09 Jonas Hahnfeld
 24 - Fix compilation warning about unused variabl     15 - Fix compilation warning about unused variable without `G4VERBOSE`.
 25                                                    16 
 26 ## 2022-11-25 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00     17 ## 2022-11-25 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00-10)
 27 - Removed debug printouts in G4Transportation.     18 - Removed debug printouts in G4Transportation.
 28                                                    19 
 29 ## 2022-11-23 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00     20 ## 2022-11-23 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00-09)
 30 - Fixed compilation warnings for implicit type     21 - Fixed compilation warnings for implicit type conversions on macOS/XCode 14.1.
 31                                                    22 
 32 ## 2022-11-10 John Apostolakis (transport-V11-     23 ## 2022-11-10 John Apostolakis (transport-V11-00-08)
 33 - New class G4TransporationParameters to hold      24 - New class G4TransporationParameters to hold looper parameters & others.
 34   This is a class to be created in master and      25   This is a class to be created in master and hold the values of all looper 
 35   parameters for G4Transportation and derived      26   parameters for G4Transportation and derived classes.
 36   * G4Transporation's  constructor checks for      27   * G4Transporation's  constructor checks for the existence of a default 
 37     instance. If found, its values will be ass     28     instance. If found, its values will be assigned to the corresponding
 38     data members of G4Transporation.               29     data members of G4Transporation.
 39     This behaviour is inherited by subclasses      30     This behaviour is inherited by subclasses (using this constructor).
 40   * The (default) 'instance' of G4Transportati     31   * The (default) 'instance' of G4TransportationParameters should be
 41     shared by all threads, and used for all pa     32     shared by all threads, and used for all particle types.
 42     These values could be subsequently changed     33     These values could be subsequently changed - e.g. in User Actions.
 43   * The G4TransporationParameters object (inst     34   * The G4TransporationParameters object (instance) is current unique.
 44     ( Future extensions are envisioned that al     35     ( Future extensions are envisioned that allow an object of this  
 45       to be associated with a separate instanc     36       to be associated with a separate instance of G4Transportation assigned 
 46       to one or more particle types, e.g. elec     37       to one or more particle types, e.g. electrons, or muons and positrons. )
 47                                                    38 
 48 ## 2022-10-05 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00     39 ## 2022-10-05 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00-07)
 49 - Fixed compilation warnings on Intel/icx comp     40 - Fixed compilation warnings on Intel/icx compiler for variables set
 50   but not used.                                    41   but not used.
 51                                                    42 
 52 ## 2022-05-18 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00     43 ## 2022-05-18 Gabriele Cosmo (transport-V11-00-06)
 53 - `G4Transportation`, `G4CoupledTransportation     44 - `G4Transportation`, `G4CoupledTransportation`: fixed misuse of bitwise '|'
 54   operator instead of logical.                     45   operator instead of logical.
 55                                                    46 
 56 ## 2022-05-11 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00     47 ## 2022-05-11 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00-05)
 57 - `G4Transportation`: Remove non-working check     48 - `G4Transportation`: Remove non-working check for any field
 58 - Remove `PUBLIC` dependency on `G4magneticfie     49 - Remove `PUBLIC` dependency on `G4magneticfield`, `G4navigation`
 59                                                    50 
 60 ## 2022-04-24 Vladimir Ivanchenko (transport-V     51 ## 2022-04-24 Vladimir Ivanchenko (transport-V11-00-04)
 61 - moved G4UserSpecialCuts to physics_lists/con     52 - moved G4UserSpecialCuts to physics_lists/constructors/limiters
 62 - GNUmakefile, source.cmake - removed dependen     53 - GNUmakefile, source.cmake - removed dependence on electromagnetic/utils 
 63                                                    54 
 64 ## 2022-04-20 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00     55 ## 2022-04-20 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00-03)
 65 - `G4CoupledTransportation`: Set flags from `G     56 - `G4CoupledTransportation`: Set flags from `G4Transportation`
 66   * Replace `fFirstStepInAnyVolume` with `fFir     57   * Replace `fFirstStepInAnyVolume` with `fFirstStepInVolume`
 67   * Replace `fAnyGeometryLimitedStep` with `fG     58   * Replace `fAnyGeometryLimitedStep` with `fGeometryLimitedStep`
 68   * Remove wrong check in case of zero steps       59   * Remove wrong check in case of zero steps
 69 - `G4Transportation`:                              60 - `G4Transportation`:
 70   * Remove wrong check in case of zero steps       61   * Remove wrong check in case of zero steps
 71   * Set step status on volume boundary             62   * Set step status on volume boundary
 72                                                    63 
 73 ## 2022-01-17 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00     64 ## 2022-01-17 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00-02)
 74 - Remove useless `const_cast` of `G4VSensitive     65 - Remove useless `const_cast` of `G4VSensitiveDetector`
 75                                                    66 
 76 ## 2022-01-05 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00     67 ## 2022-01-05 Jonas Hahnfeld (transport-V11-00-01)
 77 - `G4CoupledTransportation`:                       68 - `G4CoupledTransportation`:
 78   * Use new constant `G4TransportationManager:     69   * Use new constant `G4TransportationManager::kMassNavigatorId`
 79   * Inherit from `G4Transportation`, remove du     70   * Inherit from `G4Transportation`, remove duplicated variables and methods
 80                                                    71 
 81 ## 2021-12-10 Ben Morgan (transport-V11-00-00)     72 ## 2021-12-10 Ben Morgan (transport-V11-00-00)
 82 - Change to new Markdown History format            73 - Change to new Markdown History format
 83                                                    74 
 84 ---                                                75 ---
 85                                                    76 
 86 # History entries prior to 11.0                    77 # History entries prior to 11.0
 87                                                    78 
 88 Sep 23rd 2021, Alberto Ribon transport-V10-07-     79 Sep 23rd 2021, Alberto Ribon transport-V10-07-03
 89 ----------------------------                       80 ----------------------------
 90 - Added PARALLEL_WORLD_PROCESS to G4Transporta     81 - Added PARALLEL_WORLD_PROCESS to G4TransportationProcessType
 91   (to avoid hardwired value "491" in the const     82   (to avoid hardwired value "491" in the constructor of class
 92    G4ParallelWorldProcess).                        83    G4ParallelWorldProcess).
 93                                                    84 
 94 Apr 16th 2021, Ben Morgan transport-V10-07-02      85 Apr 16th 2021, Ben Morgan transport-V10-07-02
 95 -------------------------                          86 -------------------------
 96 - Migrate build to modular CMake API               87 - Migrate build to modular CMake API
 97                                                    88 
 98 Feb 24th 2021, G. Cosmo transport-V10-07-01        89 Feb 24th 2021, G. Cosmo transport-V10-07-01
 99 -----------------------                            90 -----------------------
100 - Enable setting of smooth curved trajectories     91 - Enable setting of smooth curved trajectories to particle-change in
101   G4CoupledTransportation::AlongStepDoIt(), wh     92   G4CoupledTransportation::AlongStepDoIt(), which was commented out by
102   mistake. Based on discussion in Geant4 Forum     93   mistake. Based on discussion in Geant4 Forum thread #4271.
103                                                    94 
104 Dec 16th 2020, G. Amadio transport-V10-07-00       95 Dec 16th 2020, G. Amadio transport-V10-07-00
105 ------------------------                           96 ------------------------
106 - Limit reporting of number of calls to G4Tran     97 - Limit reporting of number of calls to G4Transportation::AlongStepDoIt()
107   to when either G4VERBOSE or G4DEBUG_TRANSPOR     98   to when either G4VERBOSE or G4DEBUG_TRANSPORT is defined, which allows to
108   avoid using a thread local variable for a sl     99   avoid using a thread local variable for a slight performance gain.
109                                                   100 
110 Oct 26th 2020, G. Amadio & J.Apostolakis trans    101 Oct 26th 2020, G. Amadio & J.Apostolakis transport-V10-06-00
111 ----------------------------------------          102 ----------------------------------------
112 - A substantial reorganisation of G4Transporta    103 - A substantial reorganisation of G4Transportation::AlongStepGPIL
113   to use values already in cache, reduce the n    104   to use values already in cache, reduce the number of branches, and
114   use extra local variables for track properti    105   use extra local variables for track properties to avoid indirections.
115   The method is one of the heaviest in many ty    106   The method is one of the heaviest in many types of simulation workloads.
116   Profiling identified a persistent reduction     107   Profiling identified a persistent reduction in misses of instruction-TLB
117   loads after these changes.                      108   loads after these changes.
118                                                   109 
119 Nov  1st 2019, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-05-    110 Nov  1st 2019, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-05-02
120 ----------------------------                      111 ----------------------------
121 - Optimisation in G4Transportation and G4Coupl    112 - Optimisation in G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation:
122   Avoid calling user field manager's Configure    113   Avoid calling user field manager's ConfigureForTrack method,
123   except if particle is charged, or forces fro    114   except if particle is charged, or forces from magnetic moment
124   or gravity are enabled.                         115   or gravity are enabled.
125                                                   116 
126   * Introduces new common 'flag' in G4(Coupled    117   * Introduces new common 'flag' in G4(Coupled)Transportation
127       to enable gravity fields.                   118       to enable gravity fields.
128     The following static method must be called    119     The following static method must be called if the application uses
129     gravity fields:                               120     gravity fields:
130        G4Transportation::EnableGravity(G4bool     121        G4Transportation::EnableGravity(G4bool useGravity)
131                                                   122 
132 - Added flag in G4Transportation/G4CoupledTran    123 - Added flag in G4Transportation/G4CoupledTransportation to
133    silence warning about looping tracks.          124    silence warning about looping tracks.
134                                                   125 
135 Aug 15th 2019, D.Sorokin transport-V10-05-01      126 Aug 15th 2019, D.Sorokin transport-V10-05-01
136 ------------------------                          127 ------------------------
137 - Enable relaxing of delta chord condition (to    128 - Enable relaxing of delta chord condition (to reduce looping particle
138     issue) for tracks below 'important' energy    129     issue) for tracks below 'important' energy threshold.
139                                                   130 
140 Aug 15th 2019, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-05-    131 Aug 15th 2019, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-05-00
141 ----------------------------                      132 ----------------------------
142 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation    133 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation: fix issues related to
143     resetting of looper flag and other state f    134     resetting of looper flag and other state for field propagation.
144     * Replaced check for 'Global' field with c    135     * Replaced check for 'Global' field with check for any field.
145       This is needed to ensure that propagator    136       This is needed to ensure that propagator-in-field state is
146       reset when the setup inludes only local     137       reset when the setup inludes only local fields.
147     * Ensure that looping flag is reset (false    138     * Ensure that looping flag is reset (false) when a force is not exerted
148       in G4CoupledTransportation::AlongStepGet    139       in G4CoupledTransportation::AlongStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength
149       ( Before it was overwritten afterwards.     140       ( Before it was overwritten afterwards. )
150                                                   141 
151    Addresses bugzilla Problem report 2144.        142    Addresses bugzilla Problem report 2144.
152    Thanks to Richard T. Jones (U. Conn) and La    143    Thanks to Richard T. Jones (U. Conn) and Laurie Nevay (RHUL) of the
153      GlueX experiment team.                       144      GlueX experiment team.
154                                                   145 
155 Nov 9th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-    146 Nov 9th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-13
156 ----------------------------                      147 ----------------------------
157 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation    148 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation:
158     Added method SetLowLooperThresholds for lo    149     Added method SetLowLooperThresholds for low-E applications.
159     Added method ReportLooperThresholds method    150     Added method ReportLooperThresholds method to print the values.
160 - G4CoupledTransportation: Additional statisti    151 - G4CoupledTransportation: Additional statistics for loopers
161      (to be same as G4Transportation).            152      (to be same as G4Transportation).
162 - G4TransportationLogger: New ReportLooperThre    153 - G4TransportationLogger: New ReportLooperThresholds() method.
163                                                   154 
164 Nov 9th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-12        155 Nov 9th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-12
165 ----------------------                            156 ----------------------
166 - Use G4cout to print statistics from G4[Coupl    157 - Use G4cout to print statistics from G4[Coupled]Transportation.
167                                                   158 
168 Nov 8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-    159 Nov 8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-11, 10
169 ----------------------------                      160 ----------------------------
170 - G4[Coupled]Transportation: Added extra simpl    161 - G4[Coupled]Transportation: Added extra simple statistics, print stats
171   at destruction:                                 162   at destruction:
172    * New stats: non-electrons loopers killed (    163    * New stats: non-electrons loopers killed (sum E, number, max E & its pdg)
173    * Record statistics for non-electron looper    164    * Record statistics for non-electron loopers killed:
174      - total energy                               165      - total energy
175      - maximum energy and the PDG of the type     166      - maximum energy and the PDG of the type of that track
176    * Statistics now printed by a new method,      167    * Statistics now printed by a new method,
177       and are printed also if verbose = 0  ( w    168       and are printed also if verbose = 0  ( was > 0 )
178    * Description method, to print key paramete    169    * Description method, to print key parameters (i.e. for loopers)
179                                                   170 
180 Nov 8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-    171 Nov 8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-09
181 ----------------------------                      172 ----------------------------
182 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     173 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:
183   Summary:                                        174   Summary:
184      Restored old default energy thresholds fo    175      Restored old default energy thresholds for loopers - but only stable particles killed.
185   Full information:                               176   Full information:
186   * Added method SetHighLooperThresholds() to     177   * Added method SetHighLooperThresholds() to restore old default
187     parameters for killing looping particles:     178     parameters for killing looping particles:
188      - warning energy to 100 MeV ( particles b    179      - warning energy to 100 MeV ( particles below this killed silently )
189      - important energy to 250 MeV ( above, tr    180      - important energy to 250 MeV ( above, tracks are given multiple chances)
190   * Default constructors now use these high va    181   * Default constructors now use these high values.
191   * Added checks in SetMethods of looper param    182   * Added checks in SetMethods of looper parameters for the presence of Logger
192      to report error if logger is missing.        183      to report error if logger is missing.
193   * New auxiliary methods PushThresholdsToLogg    184   * New auxiliary methods PushThresholdsToLogger(), ReportMissingLogger()
194                                                   185 
195 Nov 7th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-    186 Nov 7th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-08, 07
196 ----------------------------                      187 ----------------------------
197 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     188 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:
198   * Adjusted killing of looping particles, to     189   * Adjusted killing of looping particles, to apply only to stable particles.
199   * Unstable particles will be propagated inde    190   * Unstable particles will be propagated indefinitely.
200   * Added Printing the maximum energy and sum     191   * Added Printing the maximum energy and sum of energies of particles 'saved'
201     in G4(Coupled)Transportation destructor.      192     in G4(Coupled)Transportation destructor.
202                                                   193 
203 July 9th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-06       194 July 9th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-06
204 -----------------------                           195 -----------------------
205 - Minor code cleanup in G4[Coupled]Transportat    196 - Minor code cleanup in G4[Coupled]Transportation classes.
206   Use G4Exception for warnings, instead of str    197   Use G4Exception for warnings, instead of streaming to cout/cerr.
207                                                   198 
208 June 15th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-05      199 June 15th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-05
209 ------------------------                          200 ------------------------
210 - Fixed Coverity warnings...                      201 - Fixed Coverity warnings...
211                                                   202 
212 June 15th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-04      203 June 15th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-04
213 ------------------------                          204 ------------------------
214 - Fixed compilation errors on Windows.            205 - Fixed compilation errors on Windows.
215                                                   206 
216 June 14th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-0    207 June 14th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-03
217 ------------------------------                    208 ------------------------------
218 - New class G4TransportationLogger to consolid    209 - New class G4TransportationLogger to consolidate reports from the
219   Transportation processes. First step: it now    210   Transportation processes. First step: it now issues the warning Exception
220   for looping tracks. Added information on mat    211   for looping tracks. Added information on material density, step length.
221 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation    212 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation: changed default threshold from
222   0 to 1 keV for warning when abandoning loopi    213   0 to 1 keV for warning when abandoning looping tracks.
223   Tracks with less energy do not get reported.    214   Tracks with less energy do not get reported.
224   Use G4TransportationLogger to report looping    215   Use G4TransportationLogger to report looping tracks.
225                                                   216 
226 June  8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-0    217 June  8th  2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-02
227 ------------------------------                    218 ------------------------------
228 - Fixed and improved reporting of looping trac    219 - Fixed and improved reporting of looping tracks.
229   Now issues warning and provides information     220   Now issues warning and provides information about position and momentum,
230   in addition to energy and its value at pre-s    221   in addition to energy and its value at pre-step point.
231                                                   222 
232 June  8th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-01      223 June  8th  2018, G.Cosmo transport-V10-04-01
233 ------------------------                          224 ------------------------
234 - Some code cleanup in G4Transportation and G4    225 - Some code cleanup in G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation.
235   Removed few global static symbols introduced    226   Removed few global static symbols introduced in previous tag.
236                                                   227 
237 June  7th 2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04    228 June  7th 2018, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-04-00
238 -----------------------------                     229 -----------------------------
239 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     230 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation: changed default values of two
240   thresholds related to the killing of looping    231   thresholds related to the killing of looping particles:
241      'Important' Energy: particles with MORE e    232      'Important' Energy: particles with MORE energy are killed ONLY after
242                          multiple steps (fThre    233                          multiple steps (fThresholdTrials) marked as 'looping'.
243      'Warning'   Energy: particles with LESS e    234      'Warning'   Energy: particles with LESS energy are killed SILENTLY
244      Intermediate value: particles between the    235      Intermediate value: particles between these energies are killed after
245                          one 'looping step' (w    236                          one 'looping step' (with warning.)
246   New values:  Warning_Energy= 0. Important_En    237   New values:  Warning_Energy= 0. Important_Energy= 1.0 * MeV
247   NOTES:                                          238   NOTES:
248    1) This can happen if a track's propagation    239    1) This can happen if a track's propagation in field requires a large
249       number of integration steps.  ( Default     240       number of integration steps.  ( Default number is 1000, and it is
250       accessed by G4PropagatorInField's  Get/S    241       accessed by G4PropagatorInField's  Get/Set MaxLoopCount() methods.)
251    2) Usually the material is vacuum or very l    242    2) Usually the material is vacuum or very low density material.
252       And particles have either low momentum o    243       And particles have either low momentum or momentum with a very small
253       component along the direction of the mag    244       component along the direction of the magnetic field (zero or nearly zero).
254                                                   245 
255   Improved reporting of the issue of dropped p    246   Improved reporting of the issue of dropped particles (above 'warning'
256   threshold'):                                    247   threshold'):
257     * Provide the type of particle and the pos    248     * Provide the type of particle and the position, in addition to
258       the energy (already).                       249       the energy (already).
259     * added recommendations for users if they     250     * added recommendations for users if they see the warning.
260       (these are printed only for the first 5     251       (these are printed only for the first 5 warnings).
261   Addressing problem report #2063.                252   Addressing problem report #2063.
262                                                   253 
263 November 22st 2017, V.Ivanchenko transport-V10    254 November 22st 2017, V.Ivanchenko transport-V10-03-04  (internal)
264 --------------------------------                  255 --------------------------------
265 - G4NeutronKiller: moved virtual methods from     256 - G4NeutronKiller: moved virtual methods from inline to source,
266   do not use generic <int> type, should not af    257   do not use generic <int> type, should not affect any result.
267                                                   258 
268 November 1st 2017, J.Apostolakis transport-V10    259 November 1st 2017, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-03-03
269 --------------------------------                  260 --------------------------------
270 - Small changes in G4Transportation - early se    261 - Small changes in G4Transportation - early set of 'First' flag.
271                                                   262 
272 August 28th 2017, G.Cosmo        transport-V10    263 August 28th 2017, G.Cosmo        transport-V10-03-02
273 --------------------------                        264 --------------------------
274 - Make appropriate setting/use of verbosity fr    265 - Make appropriate setting/use of verbosity from base class G4VProcess,
275   instead of re-defining/using local verbosity    266   instead of re-defining/using local verbosity flag in G4Transportation
276   and G4CoupledTransportation.                    267   and G4CoupledTransportation.
277   Addressing problem report #1999.                268   Addressing problem report #1999.
278                                                   269 
279 August 28th 2017, G.Cosmo        transport-V10    270 August 28th 2017, G.Cosmo        transport-V10-03-01
280 --------------------------------                  271 --------------------------------
281 - Fixed use of G4DEBUG_TRANSPORT flag in G4Cou    272 - Fixed use of G4DEBUG_TRANSPORT flag in G4CoupledTransportation.
282                                                   273 
283 August 25th 2017, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-    274 August 25th 2017, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-03-00
284 --------------------------------                  275 --------------------------------
285 - G4CoupledTransportation & G4Transportation:     276 - G4CoupledTransportation & G4Transportation: obtain equation of motion
286     using dedicated method of ProgatorInField.    277     using dedicated method of ProgatorInField.
287     Smaller code, and future proof.               278     Smaller code, and future proof.
288                                                   279 
289 February 12th 2015, J.Apostolakis transport-V1    280 February 12th 2015, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-01-03
290 --------------------------------                  281 --------------------------------
291 - G4CoupledTransportation:: Made SignifyStepIn    282 - G4CoupledTransportation:: Made SignifyStepInAnyVolume 'flag' static.
292     Stoped using IsLastStepInVolume for step l    283     Stoped using IsLastStepInVolume for step limitation.
293                                                   284 
294 January 20th 2015, J.Apostolakis transport-V10    285 January 20th 2015, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-01-02
295 --------------------------------                  286 --------------------------------
296 - G4CoupledTransportation: Added ability to id    287 - G4CoupledTransportation: Added ability to identify first step in a volume in either
297     the mass geometry or in any geometry.  Als    288     the mass geometry or in any geometry.  Also added flag for last step in a volume
298     in the mass geometry.                         289     in the mass geometry.
299     Extends fix of tag transport-V10-01-00.       290     Extends fix of tag transport-V10-01-00.
300                                                   291 
301   Since it is not clear whether user wants/nee    292   Since it is not clear whether user wants/needs to identify the first/last in
302     any geometry or just in the mass geometry,    293     any geometry or just in the mass geometry, allowing this to be a choice:
303   Configurable: whether the flag represents a     294   Configurable: whether the flag represents a first/last step in mass geometry
304   or any geometry (currently the default - wha    295   or any geometry (currently the default - what was the case for last step before).
305   Also depends in geomnav-V10-01-02 and track-    296   Also depends in geomnav-V10-01-02 and track-V10-01-00.
306   Addresses Bugzilla issue #1032.                 297   Addresses Bugzilla issue #1032.
307                                                   298 
308 January 10th 2014, M.Kelsey transport-V10-01-0    299 January 10th 2014, M.Kelsey transport-V10-01-01
309 ---------------------------                       300 ---------------------------
310 - G4Transportation.cc, G4CoupledTransportation    301 - G4Transportation.cc, G4CoupledTransportation: In
311   AlongStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength(), ini    302   AlongStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength(), initialize restMass data member
312   using G4DynamicParticle (as is used in DoIt)    303   using G4DynamicParticle (as is used in DoIt), not G4ParticleDefinition.
313   Resolves inconsistent kinematics when dynami    304   Resolves inconsistent kinematics when dynamic mass is measurably different
314   from "PDG" mass.                                305   from "PDG" mass.
315                                                   306 
316 December 17th 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V1    307 December 17th 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-01-00
317 ---------------------------------                 308 ---------------------------------
318 - G4Transportation: Added ability to identify     309 - G4Transportation: Added ability to identify last step in volume for the case of
319    propagation in field.                          310    propagation in field.
320    Requires use of tags in navigation (geomnav    311    Requires use of tags in navigation (geomnav-V10-01-02) and track (track-V10-01-00) .
321    Addresses Bugzilla issue #1032.                312    Addresses Bugzilla issue #1032.
322                                                   313 
323 November 21st 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V1    314 November 21st 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-00-06
324 --------------------------------- (corrected v    315 --------------------------------- (corrected version of transport-V10-00-04)
325 - Added initialization of G4CoupledTransportat    316 - Added initialization of G4CoupledTransportation data members (fixes Coverity issue 15280)
326   Renamed data member, to make its name canoni    317   Renamed data member, to make its name canonical.
327                                                   318 
328 October 15th 2014, M.Asai transport-V10-00-05     319 October 15th 2014, M.Asai transport-V10-00-05
329 -------------------------                         320 -------------------------
330 - G4CoupledTransportation is reverted to trans    321 - G4CoupledTransportation is reverted to transport-V10-00-03.
331 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation    322 - G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation : made data member
332   fUseMagneticMoment and its set method Enable    323   fUseMagneticMoment and its set method EnableUseMagneticMoment()
333   static.                                         324   static.
334                                                   325 
335 May   27st 2014, V.Ivanchenko transport-V10-00    326 May   27st 2014, V.Ivanchenko transport-V10-00-03
336 ------------------------------                    327 ------------------------------
337 - G4UserSpecialCuts - fixed trivial Coverity r    328 - G4UserSpecialCuts - fixed trivial Coverity report
338                                                   329 
339 May   21st 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-0    330 May   21st 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-00-02
340 ------------------------------                    331 ------------------------------
341 - Revised  AlongStepDoIt methods of G4Transpor    332 - Revised  AlongStepDoIt methods of G4Transportation and
342    G4CoupledTransportation:                       333    G4CoupledTransportation:
343    * Adapted to revised signature for G4FieldT    334    * Adapted to revised signature for G4FieldTrack constructors,
344      which now take PDG spin.                     335      which now take PDG spin.
345    * Changed to use different constructor for     336    * Changed to use different constructor for G4FieldTrack (no Velocity)
346    * Adapted to revised signature of G4ChargeS    337    * Adapted to revised signature of G4ChargeState constructor (PDG spin is
347      now 3rd argument and mandatory. )            338      now 3rd argument and mandatory. )
348                                                   339 
349 NOTE: Requires tag field-V10-00-03 of geometry    340 NOTE: Requires tag field-V10-00-03 of geometry/magneticfield
350                                                   341 
351                                                   342 
352 March 14th 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-0    343 March 14th 2014, J.Apostolakis transport-V10-00-01
353 ------------------------------                    344 ------------------------------
354 - Fix time in case of zero step, in G4CoupledT    345 - Fix time in case of zero step, in G4CoupledTransportation.
355   This caused a 'going back in time' error, wh    346   This caused a 'going back in time' error, when a zero step occurred
356   in particular at the boundary of a parallel     347   in particular at the boundary of a parallel world volume when scoring.
357                                                   348 
358   > Corrects Issue 1017 in the Geant4 Problem     349   > Corrects Issue 1017 in the Geant4 Problem reporting System
359     http://bugzilla-geant4.kek.jp/show_bug.cgi    350     http://bugzilla-geant4.kek.jp/show_bug.cgi?id=1017
360                                                   351 
361   NOTE: Requires tag geomnav-V10-00-01            352   NOTE: Requires tag geomnav-V10-00-01
362                                                   353 
363 October 18th 2013, J.Apostolakis transport-V09    354 October 18th 2013, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-06-07
364 --------------------------------                  355 --------------------------------
365 - Initialize missing data members in G4Coupled    356 - Initialize missing data members in G4CoupledTransportation constructor
366   Addresses issue identified by Coverity.         357   Addresses issue identified by Coverity.
367                                                   358 
368 May 13th, 2013, G.Cosmo          transport-V09    359 May 13th, 2013, G.Cosmo          transport-V09-06-06
369 -----------------------                           360 -----------------------
370 - Removed left-over assert() calls in G4Couple    361 - Removed left-over assert() calls in G4CoupledTransportation.
371                                                   362 
372 May 9th, 2013, J.Apostolakis     transport-V09    363 May 9th, 2013, J.Apostolakis     transport-V09-06-05
373 ----------------------------                      364 ----------------------------
374 - Added protection to revised G4CoupledTranspo    365 - Added protection to revised G4CoupledTransportation for case that chord
375   finder (or field manager) is not defined.       366   finder (or field manager) is not defined.
376                                                   367 
377 May 8th, 2013, P.Gumplinger, J.Apostolakis tra    368 May 8th, 2013, P.Gumplinger, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-06-04
378 ------------------------------------------        369 ------------------------------------------
379 - Adapted G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransp    370 - Adapted G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation to use G4ChargeState
380   for charge/spin/magnetic moment, and to mess    371   for charge/spin/magnetic moment, and to message the equation of motion
381   directly with it.                               372   directly with it.
382   The tag(s) above co-work with and requires t    373   The tag(s) above co-work with and requires the following tags:
383   had-binary-V09-06-05, geomnav-V09-06-06 and     374   had-binary-V09-06-05, geomnav-V09-06-06 and field-V09-06-04.
384                                                   375 
385 Mar. 22nd, 2013, G. Cosmo transport-V09-06-03     376 Mar. 22nd, 2013, G. Cosmo transport-V09-06-03
386 -------------------------                         377 -------------------------
387 - Removed unnecessary static local variables i    378 - Removed unnecessary static local variables in G4Transportation and
388   G4CoupledTransportation.                        379   G4CoupledTransportation.
389                                                   380 
390 Mar. 21st, 2013, A. Dotti transport-V09-06-02     381 Mar. 21st, 2013, A. Dotti transport-V09-06-02
391 -------------------------                         382 -------------------------
392 - Correcting initialisation of thread-local po    383 - Correcting initialisation of thread-local pointers in G4Transportation
393   and G4CoupledTransportation for MT.             384   and G4CoupledTransportation for MT.
394                                                   385 
395 Feb. 26th, 2013, G.Cosmo transport-V09-06-01      386 Feb. 26th, 2013, G.Cosmo transport-V09-06-01
396 ------------------------                          387 ------------------------
397 - Removed unused data members in G4Transportat    388 - Removed unused data members in G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation.
398   Some code cleanup.                              389   Some code cleanup.
399                                                   390 
400 Feb. 6th, 2013, G.Cosmo transport-V09-06-00       391 Feb. 6th, 2013, G.Cosmo transport-V09-06-00
401 -----------------------                           392 -----------------------
402 - G4Transportation.cc, G4CoupledTransportation    393 - G4Transportation.cc, G4CoupledTransportation.cc:
403     Corrected condition for warning message in    394     Corrected condition for warning message in AlongStepDoIt().
404     Code cleanup on MT changes.                   395     Code cleanup on MT changes.
405                                                   396 
406 Jan. 15th, 2013, A.Dotti                          397 Jan. 15th, 2013, A.Dotti
407 ------------------------                          398 ------------------------
408 - Merged changes for multi-threading through a    399 - Merged changes for multi-threading through automatic process.
409   Modified files: G4Transportation.cc and G4Co    400   Modified files: G4Transportation.cc and G4CoupledTransportation.cc.
410                                                   401 
411 Jul. 12th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-0    402 Jul. 12th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-05-02
412 ------------------------------                    403 ------------------------------
413 - G4Transportation.cc:                            404 - G4Transportation.cc:
414     Corrected issues with initialisation of da    405     Corrected issues with initialisation of data members reported by Coverity.
415     Renamed data member endpointdistance to fE    406     Renamed data member endpointdistance to fEndPointDistance (to conform).
416                                                   407 
417 Jul. 5th, 2012 Gabriele Cosmo transport-V09-05    408 Jul. 5th, 2012 Gabriele Cosmo transport-V09-05-01
418 -----------------------------                     409 -----------------------------
419 - Explicitly use inclusion of headers for syst    410 - Explicitly use inclusion of headers for system of units and physical
420   constants, in plan to remove implicit inclus    411   constants, in plan to remove implicit inclusion from globals.hh.
421                                                   412 
422 Jun. 7th, 2012 Gabriele Cosmo transport-V09-05    413 Jun. 7th, 2012 Gabriele Cosmo transport-V09-05-00
423 -----------------------------                     414 -----------------------------
424 - Fixed spurious cases of hidden variable visi    415 - Fixed spurious cases of hidden variable visibility, detected with
425   '-Wshadow' compilation option on gcc compile    416   '-Wshadow' compilation option on gcc compiler.
426                                                   417 
427 Nov. 4th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-04    418 Nov. 4th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-04-13
428 -----------------------------                     419 -----------------------------
429 - Turned off tracking for magnetic moment - by    420 - Turned off tracking for magnetic moment - by default.
430   It can be enabled in                            421   It can be enabled in
431     G4Transportation, G4CoupledTransportation     422     G4Transportation, G4CoupledTransportation
432   by using the new method EnableUseMagneticMom    423   by using the new method EnableUseMagneticMoment().
433   Should ensure particles with a moment are no    424   Should ensure particles with a moment are not affected
434   unless user needs this.                         425   unless user needs this.
435                                                   426 
436 Nov. 4th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-04    427 Nov. 4th, 2011, J.Apostolakis transport-V09-04-12
437 -----------------------------                     428 -----------------------------
438 * Reduce overhead of the addition of Gravity      429 * Reduce overhead of the addition of Gravity
439 - G4Transportation: Revised condition for grav    430 - G4Transportation: Revised condition for gravity field (version 1).
440   G4CoupledTransportation: Revised the field-d    431   G4CoupledTransportation: Revised the field-detection condition,
441    with improved logic to cope with ConfigureF    432    with improved logic to cope with ConfigureForTrack (for any field) (v2).
442   Deleted dependence on G4UniformGravityField     433   Deleted dependence on G4UniformGravityField in both.
443   Tag coworks with field-V09-04-05                434   Tag coworks with field-V09-04-05
444                                                   435 
445 Nov. 1st, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04-    436 Nov. 1st, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04-11
446 -----------------------------                     437 -----------------------------
447 - add condition to the condition, gravity != N    438 - add condition to the condition, gravity != NULL, that the particle's mass is
448   also restMass != 0.0. Modify G4CoupledTransp    439   also restMass != 0.0. Modify G4CoupledTransportation.cc according to
449   G4Transportation.cc                             440   G4Transportation.cc
450                                                   441 
451 Oct. 28th, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04    442 Oct. 28th, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04-10
452 -----------------------------                     443 -----------------------------
453 - allow for spin tracking of neutral particles    444 - allow for spin tracking of neutral particles with a magn. moment;
454   allow for uniform gravity field tracking of     445   allow for uniform gravity field tracking of neutral particles;
455   tag coworks with field-V09-04-03.               446   tag coworks with field-V09-04-03.
456                                                   447 
457 Oct. 28th, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04    448 Oct. 28th, 2011, P.Gumplinger transport-V09-04-09
458 -----------------------------                     449 -----------------------------
459 - remove all special reverence and logic regar    450 - remove all special reverence and logic regarding "opticalphoton" from code
460   in G4Transportation.cc and G4CoupledTranspor    451   in G4Transportation.cc and G4CoupledTransportation.cc
461                                                   452 
462 Aug. 8th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-    453 Aug. 8th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-08
463 ---------------------------                       454 ---------------------------
464 - Modify calculation of deltaTime for optical     455 - Modify calculation of deltaTime for optical photon in Transportation (and CoupledTransportation)
465   Use the updated velocity obtained from G4Tra    456   Use the updated velocity obtained from G4Track::CalculateVelocityForOpticalPhoton
466   instead of the initial velocity of the step.    457   instead of the initial velocity of the step.
467   (see problem #1239)                             458   (see problem #1239)
468   [ This is because the velocity at the initia    459   [ This is because the velocity at the initial point can refer to
469   a previous volume.  If the PreStepPoint was     460   a previous volume.  If the PreStepPoint was on a surface, we
470   the previous step was in another volume, whi    461   the previous step was in another volume, which shared this
471   PreStepPoint --> and its velocity would be w    462   PreStepPoint --> and its velocity would be wrong. ]
472                                                   463 
473 July 6th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-    464 July 6th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-07
474 ---------------------------                       465 ---------------------------
475 - Modify G4Transportation (and CoupledTtanspor    466 - Modify G4Transportation (and CoupledTtansportation)
476   to propose the final local time rather than     467   to propose the final local time rather than the global time
477   so that local time can be updated properly.     468   so that local time can be updated properly.
478   (see problem #1224)                             469   (see problem #1224)
479   [ This adapts to the recent change in Tracki    470   [ This adapts to the recent change in Tracking, which made
480   the change of LocalTime trigger the change o    471   the change of LocalTime trigger the change of Global Time
481   (instead of vice-versa). ]                      472   (instead of vice-versa). ]
482                                                   473 
483 June 10th, 2011, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-    474 June 10th, 2011, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-04-06
484 ------------------------------                    475 ------------------------------
485 - Fix for invalid safety passed to SafetyHelpe    476 - Fix for invalid safety passed to SafetyHelper.
486                                                   477 
487 June 10th, 2011, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-    478 June 10th, 2011, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-04-05
488 ------------------------------                    479 ------------------------------
489 - Fix G4Transportation::AlongStepDoIt             480 - Fix G4Transportation::AlongStepDoIt
490   Use only initial velocity to update time. An    481   Use only initial velocity to update time. An estimate of velocity
491   at endpoint is not yet available. (finalVelo    482   at endpoint is not yet available. (finalVelocity still= initial)
492     ==> It will be updated later in the tracki    483     ==> It will be updated later in the tracking sequence, when
493         energy loss is applied, and it will be    484         energy loss is applied, and it will be available to
494   Transportation only in the PostStepDoIt()       485   Transportation only in the PostStepDoIt()
495                                                   486 
496 May 26th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-    487 May 26th, 2011, H.Kurashige  transport-V09-04-04
497 ---------------------------                       488 ---------------------------
498 - Define ProcessSubType for processes under tr    489 - Define ProcessSubType for processes under transportation category
499 - Change process type of G4NeutronBuilder to f    490 - Change process type of G4NeutronBuilder to fGeneral
500                                                   491 
501 January 26th, 2011, G.Cosmo  transport-V09-04-    492 January 26th, 2011, G.Cosmo  transport-V09-04-03
502 ---------------------------                       493 ---------------------------
503 - Simplified implementation of G4CoupledTransp    494 - Simplified implementation of G4CoupledTransportation::EndTracking(), to
504   avoid unnecessary static pointer definition.    495   avoid unnecessary static pointer definition.
505                                                   496 
506 January 21th, 2011, V.Ivanchenko  transport-V0    497 January 21th, 2011, V.Ivanchenko  transport-V09-04-02
507 --------------------------------                  498 --------------------------------
508 - G4UserSpecialCuts - fixed compilation proble    499 - G4UserSpecialCuts - fixed compilation problem
509                                                   500 
510 January 21th, 2011, V.Ivanchenko  transport-V0    501 January 21th, 2011, V.Ivanchenko  transport-V09-04-01
511 --------------------------------                  502 --------------------------------
512 - G4UserSpecialCuts: fixed bug in energy track    503 - G4UserSpecialCuts: fixed bug in energy tracking cut; changed order
513   of checks: 1st energy tracking cut, 2nd trac    504   of checks: 1st energy tracking cut, 2nd track length, 3d time cut,
514   4th range for charged particles with non-zer    505   4th range for charged particles with non-zero mass; removed unnecessary
515   string comparisons.                             506   string comparisons.
516                                                   507 
517 January 4th, 2011, M.Asai  transport-V09-04-00    508 January 4th, 2011, M.Asai  transport-V09-04-00
518 -------------------------                         509 -------------------------
519 - G4CoupledTransportation: added EndTracking()    510 - G4CoupledTransportation: added EndTracking() method to reset the
520   activated navigator list.                       511   activated navigator list.
521                                                   512 
522 September 13th, 2010, J.Apostolakis  transport    513 September 13th, 2010, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-03-01
523 -----------------------------------               514 -----------------------------------
524 - Improvement to G4Transportation: copy curren    515 - Improvement to G4Transportation: copy current safety to SafetyHelper each
525   time it is computed (it used to be copied on    516   time it is computed (it used to be copied only when it was recalculated at
526   end of step).                                   517   end of step).
527                                                   518 
528 September 13th, 2010, J.Apostolakis  transport    519 September 13th, 2010, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-03-00
529 ----------------------------------                520 ----------------------------------
530 - Retagged - to propose for testing.              521 - Retagged - to propose for testing.
531                                                   522 
532 November 17th, 2009, J.Apostolakis  transport-    523 November 17th, 2009, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-02-00
533 ----------------------------------                524 ----------------------------------
534 - G4Transportation:                               525 - G4Transportation:
535   o Fix: Update the Step flag which identifies    526   o Fix: Update the Step flag which identifies the Last Step in a volume
536      It is now done for the linear steps (no c    527      It is now done for the linear steps (no charge or no field)
537                                                   528 
538 November 26th, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-    529 November 26th, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-01-03
539 ----------------------------------                530 ----------------------------------
540 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        531 - G4CoupledTransportation:
541   o Fix: initialise new data member (in constr    532   o Fix: initialise new data member (in constructor) - found by STT
542                                                   533 
543 November 21st, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-    534 November 21st, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-01-02
544 ----------------------------------                535 ----------------------------------
545 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     536 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:
546   o Performance improvement/correction            537   o Performance improvement/correction
547      Avoid to compute safety at end of step fo    538      Avoid to compute safety at end of step for neutral particles
548                                                   539 
549 November 21st, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-    540 November 21st, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-01-01
550 ----------------------------------                541 ----------------------------------
551                                                   542 
552 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     543 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:
553   o Push value & origin of safety to SafetyHel    544   o Push value & origin of safety to SafetyHelper
554      only when its value comes from ComputeSaf    545      only when its value comes from ComputeSafety
555                                                   546 
556 January 17th, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-V    547 January 17th, 2008, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-01-00
557 ---------------------------------                 548 ---------------------------------
558 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:     549 - G4Transportation & G4CoupledTransportation:
559   o Clear state of all Chord Finders using G4F    550   o Clear state of all Chord Finders using G4FieldManagerStore.
560 - Syncronised with files on the HEAD.             551 - Syncronised with files on the HEAD.
561 - Requires co-working tag "field-V09-01-00" (o    552 - Requires co-working tag "field-V09-01-00" (or "field-V09-00-03").
562   Functionality corresponding to tag "transpor    553   Functionality corresponding to tag "transport-V09-00-52".
563                                                   554 
564 November 27th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-    555 November 27th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-08
565 ----------------------------------                556 ----------------------------------
566 - G4CoupledTransportation                         557 - G4CoupledTransportation
567   o Added updating of particle-looping flag (w    558   o Added updating of particle-looping flag (was commented out.).
568                                                   559 
569 November 10th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-    560 November 10th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-07
570 ----------------------------------                561 ----------------------------------
571 - G4Transportation:                               562 - G4Transportation:
572   o Put back the default for short step optimi    563   o Put back the default for short step optimisation to 'on'.
573                                                   564 
574 November 9th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V    565 November 9th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-06
575 ---------------------------------                 566 ---------------------------------
576 - G4Transportation:                               567 - G4Transportation:
577   o Update the SafetyHelper using the safety c    568   o Update the SafetyHelper using the safety calculated by Navigator.
578                                                   569 
579 November 27th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-    570 November 27th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-05a
580 ----------------------------------                571 ----------------------------------
581 - G4CoupledTransportation                         572 - G4CoupledTransportation
582   o Added updating of particle-looping flag (w    573   o Added updating of particle-looping flag (was commented out.)
583 - Also called "transport-V09-00-51" to make it    574 - Also called "transport-V09-00-51" to make it canonical.
584                                                   575 
585 November 8th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V    576 November 8th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-05
586 ---------------------------------                 577 ---------------------------------
587 - G4Transportation:                               578 - G4Transportation:
588   o Created new method (and class member) for     579   o Created new method (and class member) for flag on Short StepOptimisation.
589     * When it is true, the optimisation is 'on    580     * When it is true, the optimisation is 'on' steps shorter than the
590       safety will not call G4Navigator - so lo    581       safety will not call G4Navigator - so long as the particle goes straight
591       ie it is not charged or there is no fiel    582       ie it is not charged or there is no field.
592     * Retained the default value as 'off' - as    583     * Retained the default value as 'off' - as since changed in
593       transport-V09-00-02 following Alex's sug    584       transport-V09-00-02 following Alex's suggestion.
594                                                   585 
595 November 8th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V    586 November 8th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-04
596 ---------------------------------                 587 ---------------------------------
597 - G4Transportation (AlongStepGPIL):               588 - G4Transportation (AlongStepGPIL):
598   o Moved the call to ConfigureForTrack before    589   o Moved the call to ConfigureForTrack before the check whether
599     fieldMgr has 0 field ptr, in order to enab    590     fieldMgr has 0 field ptr, in order to enable it to be called
600     even if the field manager points to a zero    591     even if the field manager points to a zero field.
601     Needed to enable a user to switch a global    592     Needed to enable a user to switch a global field on (off was possible),
602     as a track goes between volume (or regions    593     as a track goes between volume (or regions) of a setup.
603     [ Response to request of Atlas/ZM. ]          594     [ Response to request of Atlas/ZM. ]
604     Note: this ordering already existed in G4C    595     Note: this ordering already existed in G4CoupledTransportation.
605                                                   596 
606 October 12th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V    597 October 12th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-03
607 ---------------------------------                 598 ---------------------------------
608 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        599 - G4CoupledTransportation:
609   o Improves condition for flag that regulates    600   o Improves condition for flag that regulates Relocating when only
610     any geometry (including a parallel geometr    601     any geometry (including a parallel geometry) limits the step.
611     New PathFinder method required.               602     New PathFinder method required.
612 - Requires and co-works with tag geomnav-V09-0    603 - Requires and co-works with tag geomnav-V09-00-03
613                                                   604 
614 October 4th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V0    605 October 4th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-02
615 --------------------------------                  606 --------------------------------
616 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        607 - G4CoupledTransportation:
617   o First fix for problem in condition for Rel    608   o First fix for problem in condition for Relocating when only a parallel
618     geometry limited the step.                    609     geometry limited the step.
619   o Change of condition for recalculation safe    610   o Change of condition for recalculation safety (from Alex Howard) used,
620     as currently it improves stability.           611     as currently it improves stability.
621                                                   612 
622 September 25th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport    613 September 25th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-01
623 -----------------------------------               614 -----------------------------------
624 - G4Transportation:                               615 - G4Transportation:
625   Modification to disable 'optimisation' in G4    616   Modification to disable 'optimisation' in G4Navigator for small linear
626   step  (ie when a track does less than the sa    617   step  (ie when a track does less than the safety).
627     * Relevant only if there is no field, or t    618     * Relevant only if there is no field, or the particle is neutral
628     * Temporary measure (in current form) to i    619     * Temporary measure (in current form) to improve comparison
629         old / new Transportation  (single/old     620         old / new Transportation  (single/old vs coupled with pathfinder).
630                                                   621 
631 July 12th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-    622 July 12th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V09-00-00
632 ------------------------------                    623 ------------------------------
633 - Retagged to enable testing of new developmen    624 - Retagged to enable testing of new developments
634   (which were not included in release 9.0)        625   (which were not included in release 9.0)
635                                                   626 
636 June  6th, 2007, G.Cosmo        transport-V08-    627 June  6th, 2007, G.Cosmo        transport-V08-03-14
637 -----------------------                           628 -----------------------
638 - Includes G4Transportation and G4CoupledTrans    629 - Includes G4Transportation and G4CoupledTransportation implementations
639   as in tag "transport-V08-03-11":                630   as in tag "transport-V08-03-11":
640   o Corrected bug in ComputeSafety() introduce    631   o Corrected bug in ComputeSafety() introduced in "transport-V08-03-10".
641   o Reinitialise SafetyHelper state from G4Pat    632   o Reinitialise SafetyHelper state from G4PathFinder::PrepareNewTrack().
642   o Should fix the problem seen in test33 and     633   o Should fix the problem seen in test33 and reported by system testing.
643 - All the rest is kept as in tag "transport-V0    634 - All the rest is kept as in tag "transport-V08-03-12".
644                                                   635 
645 June  1st, 2007, A.Howard       transport-V08-    636 June  1st, 2007, A.Howard       transport-V08-03-13
646 ------------------------                          637 ------------------------
647 - Renamed classes associated with old biasing     638 - Renamed classes associated with old biasing scheme with suffix 8:
648   G4ProcessPlacer8, G4VProcessPlacer8, G4VSamp    639   G4ProcessPlacer8, G4VProcessPlacer8, G4VSamplerConfigurator8,
649   G4WeightCutOffProcess8, G4SamplingPostStepAc    640   G4WeightCutOffProcess8, G4SamplingPostStepAction8, G4VSampler8,
650   G4WeightCutOffConfigurator8                     641   G4WeightCutOffConfigurator8
651 - Includes same G4CoupledTransportation as tra    642 - Includes same G4CoupledTransportation as transport-V08-03-12
652                                                   643 
653 ********** transport-V08-03-12 was used for Ge    644 ********** transport-V08-03-12 was used for Geant4 9.0 ***************
654                                                   645 
655 May 31st, 2007, A.Howard      transport-V08-03    646 May 31st, 2007, A.Howard      transport-V08-03-12
656 ------------------------                          647 ------------------------
657 - Archived classes for old biasing scheme, now    648 - Archived classes for old biasing scheme, now replaced in module
658   processes/biasing. Removed classes:             649   processes/biasing. Removed classes:
659   G4MImportanceConfigurator, G4MScoreConfigura    650   G4MImportanceConfigurator, G4MScoreConfigurator, G4MScoreProcess,
660   G4MWeightWindowConfigurator, G4MassGCellFind    651   G4MWeightWindowConfigurator, G4MassGCellFinder, G4MassGeometrySampler,
661   G4MassImportanceProcess, G4MassWeightWindowP    652   G4MassImportanceProcess, G4MassWeightWindowProcess,
662   G4PImportanceConfigurator, G4PScoreConfigura    653   G4PImportanceConfigurator, G4PScoreConfigurator, G4PScoreProcess,
663   G4PWeightWindowConfigurator, G4ParallelGCell    654   G4PWeightWindowConfigurator, G4ParallelGCellFinder,
664   G4ParallelGeometrySampler, G4ParallelImporta    655   G4ParallelGeometrySampler, G4ParallelImportanceProcess, G4ParallelTransport,
665   G4ParallelTransportConfigurator, G4ParallelW    656   G4ParallelTransportConfigurator, G4ParallelWWnTransportProcess,
666   G4ParallelWeightWindowProcess, G4PlaceOfActi    657   G4ParallelWeightWindowProcess, G4PlaceOfAction, G4ProcessPlacer,
667   G4SamplingPostStepAction, G4VProcessPlacer,     658   G4SamplingPostStepAction, G4VProcessPlacer, G4VSampler,
668   G4VSamplerConfigurator, G4WeightCutOffConfig    659   G4VSamplerConfigurator, G4WeightCutOffConfigurator.
669 - Classes are kept on the HEAD for testing pur    660 - Classes are kept on the HEAD for testing purposes.
670 - Tag does NOT include changes from tags "tran    661 - Tag does NOT include changes from tags "transport-V08-03-00" to
671   "transport-V08-03-11" inclusive.                662   "transport-V08-03-11" inclusive.
672                                                   663 
673 May 29th, 2007, A.Howard/J.Apostolakis  transp    664 May 29th, 2007, A.Howard/J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-11
674 --------------------------------------            665 --------------------------------------
675 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        666 - G4CoupledTransportation:
676   o Corrected treatment of time integration (m    667   o Corrected treatment of time integration (made flags do as in original
677     Transport).                                   668     Transport).
678   o Again use momentum change flag in particle    669   o Again use momentum change flag in particle-change (optimisation).
679   o Also reset looping counter when no field o    670   o Also reset looping counter when no field or charge is present.
680 - Corrected names in Transport, Coupled Transp    671 - Corrected names in Transport, Coupled Transport. (J.Apostolakis)
681                                                   672 
682 May 29th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-0    673 May 29th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-10
683 -----------------------------                     674 -----------------------------
684 - Gone back to G4CoupledTransportation.           675 - Gone back to G4CoupledTransportation.
685   o G4Transportation is now the original (what    676   o G4Transportation is now the original (what was called G4Transportation8
686     since "transport-V08-03-03").                 677     since "transport-V08-03-03").
687   o G4Transportation8 still exists, to enable     678   o G4Transportation8 still exists, to enable code that utilises it to compile
688     (transitional). Expect that G4Transportati    679     (transitional). Expect that G4Transportation8 will be taken away asap.
689                                                   680 
690 May 29th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-0    681 May 29th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-04
691 -----------------------------                     682 -----------------------------
692 - G4Transportation. Refined relocation:           683 - G4Transportation. Refined relocation:
693   o Full (re)location only if any geometry lim    684   o Full (re)location only if any geometry limited the step.
694   o Fast relocation otherwise.                    685   o Fast relocation otherwise.
695 - Renamed & new data members: f(Mass,Any)Geome    686 - Renamed & new data members: f(Mass,Any)GeometryLimitedStep.
696                                                   687 
697 May 25th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-0    688 May 25th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-03
698 -----------------------------                     689 -----------------------------
699 - G4Transportation                                690 - G4Transportation
700   o Fix for case of zero proposed step: missed    691   o Fix for case of zero proposed step: missed to set end position. (A.Howard)
701 - G4Transportation8                               692 - G4Transportation8
702   o Fixed StartTracking() to reset number of l    693   o Fixed StartTracking() to reset number of looping steps and
703     to clear propagator state (safety issue in    694     to clear propagator state (safety issue in case of overlaps).
704                                                   695 
705 May 18th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-0    696 May 18th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-02
706 -----------------------------                     697 -----------------------------
707 - G4Transportation:                               698 - G4Transportation:
708   o Corrected full safety at step start, to pr    699   o Corrected full safety at step start, to protect against negative value.
709   o Obtain the endMassSafety from new saved va    700   o Obtain the endMassSafety from new saved value in G4PathFinder.
710 - G4Transportation8:                              701 - G4Transportation8:
711   o Small cleanup, and hints for saving Safety    702   o Small cleanup, and hints for saving Safety to helper.
712                                                   703 
713 May 13th, 2007, A.Howard       transport-V08-0    704 May 13th, 2007, A.Howard       transport-V08-03-01
714 ------------------------                          705 ------------------------
715 - G4VTrackTerminator:                             706 - G4VTrackTerminator:
716   o Use call to G4GeometryTolerance instead of    707   o Use call to G4GeometryTolerance instead of kCarTolerance.
717   o Requires tag "global-V08-03-00" and relate    708   o Requires tag "global-V08-03-00" and related tag set.
718                                                   709 
719 May 9th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03    710 May 9th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-03-00
720 ----------------------------                      711 ----------------------------
721 - G4Transportation (hh,icc,cc)                    712 - G4Transportation (hh,icc,cc)
722   o Renamed G4CoupledTransportation to G4Trans    713   o Renamed G4CoupledTransportation to G4Transportation
723   o Merged changes on branch used to bring in     714   o Merged changes on branch used to bring in CoupledTransportation,
724     porting changes in G4Transportation since     715     porting changes in G4Transportation since the creation of
725     CoupledTransportation.                        716     CoupledTransportation.
726   o Also merged branch used for fixes in G4Tra    717   o Also merged branch used for fixes in G4Transportation.cc (1.60.2, 1.60.4)
727     for convergence to Release 9.0.               718     for convergence to Release 9.0.
728 - Renamed G4Transportation to G4Transportation    719 - Renamed G4Transportation to G4Transportation8
729 - G4ProcessPlader changed to reflect these rev    720 - G4ProcessPlader changed to reflect these revisions. (A.Howard)
730                                                   721 
731 May 8th, 2007, G.Cosmo  transport-V08-02-03       722 May 8th, 2007, G.Cosmo  transport-V08-02-03
732 ----------------------                            723 ----------------------
733 - Use call to G4GeometryTolerance instead of k    724 - Use call to G4GeometryTolerance instead of kCarTolerance in
734   G4VTrackTerminator.                             725   G4VTrackTerminator.
735 - Requires tag "global-V08-03-00" and related     726 - Requires tag "global-V08-03-00" and related tag set.
736                                                   727 
737 May 2nd, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-02    728 May 2nd, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-02-02
738 ----------------------------                      729 ----------------------------
739 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        730 - G4CoupledTransportation:
740   o Make treatment of mass and full safety coh    731   o Make treatment of mass and full safety coherent (to-dos remain in
741     G4PathFinder).                                732     G4PathFinder).
742   o Added storing of full safety in state; ret    733   o Added storing of full safety in state; retrieve it after compute step
743     from PathFinder; calculate them same way a    734     from PathFinder; calculate them same way at start of step.
744   o Put back in the code for treating looping     735   o Put back in the code for treating looping particles.
745                                                   736 
746 February 15th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-    737 February 15th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-02-01
747 ----------------------------------                738 ----------------------------------
748 - G4Transportation: protection against velocit    739 - G4Transportation: protection against velocity=0 in AlongStep (invalid).
749                                                   740 
750 February 15th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-    741 February 15th, 2007, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-02-00
751 ----------------------------------                742 ----------------------------------
752 - G4Transportation: call PropagatorInField to     743 - G4Transportation: call PropagatorInField to clear state for new track
753    --> addresses reliabilitiy problem seen by     744    --> addresses reliabilitiy problem seen by Atlas.  This fix is related
754        to overlaps, clearing the safety value     745        to overlaps, clearing the safety value (which is multivalued due
755        to the overlaps, and thus can become in    746        to the overlaps, and thus can become invalid for a new track in
756        an overlap region.)                        747        an overlap region.)
757                                                   748 
758 November 22nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-    749 November 22nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-01-04
759 ---------------------------------                 750 ---------------------------------
760 - Add new classes G4NeutronKiller and G4Neutro    751 - Add new classes G4NeutronKiller and G4NeutronKillerMessenger
761   (created by V. Ivantchenko)                     752   (created by V. Ivantchenko)
762                                                   753 
763 November 22nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-    754 November 22nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-01-03
764 ---------------------------------                 755 ---------------------------------
765 - G4CoupledTransportation:                        756 - G4CoupledTransportation:
766   o AlongStepGPIL() now returns an estimate fo    757   o AlongStepGPIL() now returns an estimate for the safety for all geometries
767     to make up for the fact that some other pr    758     to make up for the fact that some other processes only have PostStep GPILs
768     which cannot currently influence safety.      759     which cannot currently influence safety.
769 - NOTE: Fix / Workaround for deficiency of oth    760 - NOTE: Fix / Workaround for deficiency of others.
770                                                   761 
771 November 13th, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-    762 November 13th, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-01-01
772 ---------------------------------                 763 ---------------------------------
773 - Updated G4CoupledTransportation to use new s    764 - Updated G4CoupledTransportation to use new signature of
774   G4PathFinder::ComputeStep that added  new ar    765   G4PathFinder::ComputeStep that added  new argument
775   at the end: currentVolume.                      766   at the end: currentVolume.
776                                                   767 
777 June 2nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-0    768 June 2nd, 2006, J.Apostolakis  transport-V08-00-02
778 -----------------------------                     769 -----------------------------
779 - Added new class G4CoupledTransportation, a r    770 - Added new class G4CoupledTransportation, a revised version of Transportation,
780   for use in 'coupled' parallel navigation in     771   for use in 'coupled' parallel navigation in different geometries.
781 - Includes non-revisions for migration to sstr    772 - Includes non-revisions for migration to sstream (Nov 2005).
782                                                   773 
783 Feb.  6th, 2006, J.Apostolakis/P.MoraDeFreitas    774 Feb.  6th, 2006, J.Apostolakis/P.MoraDeFreitas transport-V08-00-01
784 ----------------------------------------------    775 ----------------------------------------------
785 - Corrected problem with suspended tracks - PR    776 - Corrected problem with suspended tracks - PR# 802.
786 - Added StartTracking() method which takes ove    777 - Added StartTracking() method which takes over responsibility to
787   clear the state for a new track, and to mess    778   clear the state for a new track, and to message other relevant
788   component to clear their state (problem repo    779   component to clear their state (problem report and proposed revision
789   by P.MoraDeFreitas).                            780   by P.MoraDeFreitas).
790                                                   781 
791 Jan. 16th, 2006, J.Apostolakis transport-V08-0    782 Jan. 16th, 2006, J.Apostolakis transport-V08-00-00
792 ------------------------------                    783 ------------------------------
793 - G4Transportation:                               784 - G4Transportation:
794   o The particle's charge is now taken from th    785   o The particle's charge is now taken from the dynamic particle, so that
795     it can take into account changes from the     786     it can take into account changes from the interaction of an ion with
796     matter (eg stripping e-). (V.Ivantchenko)     787     matter (eg stripping e-). (V.Ivantchenko)
797                                                   788 
798 Nov. 21st, 2005, M.Asai transport-V07-01-00       789 Nov. 21st, 2005, M.Asai transport-V07-01-00
799 -----------------------                           790 -----------------------
800 - Migration to <sstream>.                         791 - Migration to <sstream>.
801 - Fix a warning message in G4ParallelTransport    792 - Fix a warning message in G4ParallelTransport.
802                                                   793 
803 May 10th, 2005, J.Apostolakis transport-V07-00    794 May 10th, 2005, J.Apostolakis transport-V07-00-01
804 -----------------------------                     795 -----------------------------
805 - Added process type to G4Transportation          796 - Added process type to G4Transportation
806                                                   797 
807 Mar. 7th, 2005, M.Asai transport-V07-00-00        798 Mar. 7th, 2005, M.Asai transport-V07-00-00
808 ----------------------                            799 ----------------------
809 - Added virtual to destructors of G4StepLimite    800 - Added virtual to destructors of G4StepLimiter and G4UserSpecialCuts.
810                                                   801 
811 Dec. 7th, 2004, G.Cosmo transport-V06-02-05       802 Dec. 7th, 2004, G.Cosmo transport-V06-02-05
812 -----------------------                           803 -----------------------
813 - Implemented migration to <cmath>.               804 - Implemented migration to <cmath>.
814                                                   805 
815 Nov. 23th, 2004, J.Apostolakis transport-V06-0    806 Nov. 23th, 2004, J.Apostolakis transport-V06-02-04
816 ------------------------------                    807 ------------------------------
817 - Added Threshold energy for not abandoning st    808 - Added Threshold energy for not abandoning stuck particles quickly.
818                                                   809 
819 Oct. 19th, H.Kurashige transport-V06-02-03        810 Oct. 19th, H.Kurashige transport-V06-02-03
820 ----------------------                            811 ----------------------
821 - Migrated processes to new G4VParticleChange     812 - Migrated processes to new G4VParticleChange interface.
822                                                   813 
823 Sep. 9th, M.Maire                                 814 Sep. 9th, M.Maire
824 -----------------                                 815 -----------------
825 - Apply tracking cut only if Rmin or Emin > DB    816 - Apply tracking cut only if Rmin or Emin > DBL_MIN in G4UserSpecialCuts.
826                                                   817 
827 Oct. 8th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-02              818 Oct. 8th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-02
828 ----------------                                  819 ----------------
829 - A protection is added in G4Transportation.cc    820 - A protection is added in G4Transportation.cc for an application with
830   parameterized volume but without any EM proc    821   parameterized volume but without any EM process.
831                                                   822 
832 Aug. 27th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-01             823 Aug. 27th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-01
833 -----------------                                 824 -----------------
834 - A pointer to sensitive detector is added in     825 - A pointer to sensitive detector is added in G4ParticleChangeForTransport.
835 - G4Transportation takes care of this pointer.    826 - G4Transportation takes care of this pointer.
836                                                   827 
837 Jul. 26th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-00             828 Jul. 26th, M.Asai transport-V06-02-00
838 -----------------                                 829 -----------------
839 - Introduce G4UserStepLimit to handle MaxAllow    830 - Introduce G4UserStepLimit to handle MaxAllowedStep in G4UserLimits.
840                                                   831 
841 Feb. 5th, M.Asai transport-V06-00-00              832 Feb. 5th, M.Asai transport-V06-00-00
842 ----------------                                  833 ----------------
843 - Fixed a bug in G4UserSpecialCuts related to     834 - Fixed a bug in G4UserSpecialCuts related to charged geantino
844                                                   835 
845 Nov. 26th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-07            836 Nov. 26th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-07
846 ------------------                                837 ------------------
847 - Replaced mis-typed class name G4SplittingAnd    838 - Replaced mis-typed class name G4SplittingAndRussianRouletePostStepDoIt
848   with G4SamplingPostStepAction and updated cl    839   with G4SamplingPostStepAction and updated classes accordingly.
849 - Adopt new G4Exception scheme.                   840 - Adopt new G4Exception scheme.
850 - Header inclusions and code cleanup.             841 - Header inclusions and code cleanup.
851                                                   842 
852 Nov. 14th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-06            843 Nov. 14th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-06
853 ------------------                                844 ------------------
854 - G4Transportation.cc:                            845 - G4Transportation.cc:
855   o Added inclusion of G4ChordFinder.hh, after    846   o Added inclusion of G4ChordFinder.hh, after latest changes to field.
856                                                   847 
857 Oct. 4th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-05             848 Oct. 4th, G.Cosmo transport-V05-02-05
858 -----------------                                 849 -----------------
859 - Modified GNUmakefile:                           850 - Modified GNUmakefile:
860   o added dependency to new module "geometry/n    851   o added dependency to new module "geometry/navigation".
861 - Coworks with "geometry-V05-02-00" and "digit    852 - Coworks with "geometry-V05-02-00" and "digits_hits-V05-02-00".
862                                                   853 
863 Sep. 25th, H.Kurashige transport-V05-02-04        854 Sep. 25th, H.Kurashige transport-V05-02-04
864 ----------------------                            855 ----------------------
865 - modify GNUmakefile to use processes/cuts cat    856 - modify GNUmakefile to use processes/cuts category
866 - migrate to model variant of EM physics in G4    857 - migrate to model variant of EM physics in G4UserSpecialCuts (V.Ivantchenko)
867                                                   858 
868 Aug. 27th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-03          859 Aug. 27th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-03
869 --------------------                              860 --------------------
870 - cleanup of header file inclusions               861 - cleanup of header file inclusions
871                                                   862 
872 Aug. 19th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-02          863 Aug. 19th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-02
873 --------------------                              864 --------------------
874 - rename G4ImportancePostStepDoIt to              865 - rename G4ImportancePostStepDoIt to
875   G4SplittingAndRussianRouletePostStepDoIt sin    866   G4SplittingAndRussianRouletePostStepDoIt since it is also used in
876   weight window biasing                           867   weight window biasing
877                                                   868 
878 Aug. 19th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-01          869 Aug. 19th, M.Dressel transport-V05-02-01
879 --------------------                              870 --------------------
880 - first implementation of weight window techni    871 - first implementation of weight window technique
881                                                   872 
882 Jul, 31st, P.Gumplinger  transport-V05-02-00      873 Jul, 31st, P.Gumplinger  transport-V05-02-00
883 -----------------------                           874 -----------------------
884 - G4Transportation.cc:                            875 - G4Transportation.cc:
885   o Use the finalVelocity to update TofF for o    876   o Use the finalVelocity to update TofF for optical photons.
886                                                   877 
887 Jul, 17th, J.Apostolakis                          878 Jul, 17th, J.Apostolakis
888 ------------------------                          879 ------------------------
889 - G4Transportation.cc:                            880 - G4Transportation.cc:
890   o Attempt to correct photon problem - by usi    881   o Attempt to correct photon problem - by using the velocity from
891     current medium for massless particles.        882     current medium for massless particles.
892                                                   883 
893 Jun, 25th, J.Apostolakis                          884 Jun, 25th, J.Apostolakis
894 ------------------------                          885 ------------------------
895 - G4Transportation[.hh.icc]:                      886 - G4Transportation[.hh.icc]:
896   o Added verbosity level to control the print    887   o Added verbosity level to control the printing of warnings (see below).
897                                                   888 
898 Jun, 21st, J.Apostolakis  transport-V05-01-06     889 Jun, 21st, J.Apostolakis  transport-V05-01-06
899 ------------------------                          890 ------------------------
900 G4Transportation:                                 891 G4Transportation:
901 - Added warning when energy changes from propa    892 - Added warning when energy changes from propagation in magnetic field
902   (or other field that conserves energy) due t    893   (or other field that conserves energy) due to the inaccuracy of
903   numerical integration of the equations of mo    894   numerical integration of the equations of motion.
904                                                   895 
905 Jun, 21st, J.Apostolakis  transport-V05-01-05     896 Jun, 21st, J.Apostolakis  transport-V05-01-05
906 ------------------------                          897 ------------------------
907 - G4Transportation:                               898 - G4Transportation:
908   o Use new method of PropagatorInField to sim    899   o Use new method of PropagatorInField to simplify choice of
909     global/local field.                           900     global/local field.
910   o Activated the new capability of a (user de    901   o Activated the new capability of a (user derived) field manager to
911     configure itself with different accuracy p    902     configure itself with different accuracy parameters depending on
912     track's energy, particle identity, or othe    903     track's energy, particle identity, or other property.
913 - Notes:                                          904 - Notes:
914   o Requires tags "field-V05-01-04" and "geomv    905   o Requires tags "field-V05-01-04" and "geomvol-V05-01-03"
915   o Includes updates of files to use <std> in     906   o Includes updates of files to use <std> in place of "g4std",
916     as made at the CVS HEAD.                      907     as made at the CVS HEAD.
917                                                   908 
918 Jun, 13th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-04    909 Jun, 13th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-04
919 --------------------                              910 --------------------
920 - Added to put the delete fImportancePostStepD    911 - Added to put the delete fImportancePostStepDoIt in G4MassImportanceProcess
921   and G4ParallelImportanceProcess.                912   and G4ParallelImportanceProcess.
922                                                   913 
923 Jun, 13th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-03    914 Jun, 13th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-03
924 --------------------                              915 --------------------
925 - Fixed bug created by last bug fix in G4MassI    916 - Fixed bug created by last bug fix in G4MassImportanceProcess
926   and G4ParallelImportanceProcess.                917   and G4ParallelImportanceProcess.
927                                                   918 
928 Jun, 12th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-02    919 Jun, 12th, M.Dressel       transport-V05-01-02
929 --------------------                              920 --------------------
930 - Fixed "'this' : used in base member initiali    921 - Fixed "'this' : used in base member initializer list" in
931   src\G4MassImportanceProcess.cc, src\G4Parall    922   src\G4MassImportanceProcess.cc, src\G4ParallelImportanceProcess.cc
932                                                   923 
933 Jun, 4th, G.Cosmo          transport-V05-01-01    924 Jun, 4th, G.Cosmo          transport-V05-01-01
934 -----------------                                 925 -----------------
935 - Fixes for inclusion of <strstream> in G4Para    926 - Fixes for inclusion of <strstream> in G4ParallelImportanceProcess.cc
936   and G4ParallelTransport.cc in view  of the g    927   and G4ParallelTransport.cc in view  of the g4std wrappers migration.
937                                                   928 
938 May, 13th, J.Apostolakis   transport-V05-01-00    929 May, 13th, J.Apostolakis   transport-V05-01-00
939 ------------------------                          930 ------------------------
940 - Fixes to G4Transportation.cc to accomodate i    931 - Fixes to G4Transportation.cc to accomodate incorrect and
941   missing functionality for two use cases:        932   missing functionality for two use cases:
942   o a local field when no global field exists     933   o a local field when no global field exists  (it was not seen)
943   o overriding an existing global field by a '    934   o overriding an existing global field by a 'zero' field
944     by creating a local field manager that has    935     by creating a local field manager that has a null G4Field pointer
945     (a use case which did not exist.)             936     (a use case which did not exist.)
946   Further work to verify these use cases work     937   Further work to verify these use cases work is required.
947                                                   938 
948 Apr, 7th, V.Ivanchenko     transport-V05-00-04    939 Apr, 7th, V.Ivanchenko     transport-V05-00-04
949 -----------------                                 940 -----------------
950 - Migration to "cuts by region" for G4UserSpec    941 - Migration to "cuts by region" for G4UserSpecialCuts.
951                                                   942 
952 Apr, 3rd, G.Cosmo          transport-V05-00-03    943 Apr, 3rd, G.Cosmo          transport-V05-00-03
953 -----------------                                 944 -----------------
954 - Cleared pedantic warnings and some cosmetic     945 - Cleared pedantic warnings and some cosmetic cleanups...
955                                                   946 
956 Jan, 14th, M.Asai          transport-V05-00-02    947 Jan, 14th, M.Asai          transport-V05-00-02
957 -----------------                                 948 -----------------
958 - Consolidated transport-V05-00-01 tag for G4T    949 - Consolidated transport-V05-00-01 tag for G4Transportation.cc
959                                                   950 
960 Jan, 7th, M.Asai           transport-V05-00-01    951 Jan, 7th, M.Asai           transport-V05-00-01
961 ----------------                                  952 ----------------
962 - Fix in G4Transportation.cc for updating mate    953 - Fix in G4Transportation.cc for updating material-cut-couple.
963                                                   954 
964 Dec, 16th, G. Cosmo        transport-V05-00-00    955 Dec, 16th, G. Cosmo        transport-V05-00-00
965 -------------------                               956 -------------------
966 - Merged branch "geant4-04-01-ref-02-cuts-bran    957 - Merged branch "geant4-04-01-ref-02-cuts-branch" to HEAD.
967   Included development for 'cuts-by-region' in    958   Included development for 'cuts-by-region' in G4Transportation.cc.
968                                                   959 
969 Nov, 20th, J. Apostolakis  transport-V04-01-05    960 Nov, 20th, J. Apostolakis  transport-V04-01-05
970 -------------------------                         961 -------------------------
971 - Tagged.                                         962 - Tagged.
972    Tag requires:   geomvol-V04-01-06 and track    963    Tag requires:   geomvol-V04-01-06 and tracking-V04-01-10
973       and is dependent also on greps-V04-01-01    964       and is dependent also on greps-V04-01-01 and track-V04-01-01.
974                                                   965 
975 Nov, 8th, J.Generowicz                            966 Nov, 8th, J.Generowicz
976 - Copy auxiliary smooth trajectory point from     967 - Copy auxiliary smooth trajectory point from PIF to ParticleChange
977                                                   968 
978 Nov,  4th 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-04      969 Nov,  4th 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-04
979 ----------------------------------------------    970 -----------------------------------------------------
980 - remove G4std:: where it does not belong to      971 - remove G4std:: where it does not belong to
981 - replace str() functions                         972 - replace str() functions
982                                                   973 
983 Oct  31st, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-03     974 Oct  31st, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-03
984 ----------------------------------------------    975 -----------------------------------------------------
985 - bug fix in G4MassGeometrySampler and G4Paral    976 - bug fix in G4MassGeometrySampler and G4ParallelGeometrySampler
986                                                   977 
987 Oct  28th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-02     978 Oct  28th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-02
988 ----------------------------------------------    979 -----------------------------------------------------
989 - bug fix in G4MassGeometry                       980 - bug fix in G4MassGeometry
990                                                   981 
991 Oct  22th, 2002 M.Dressel internal_7_transport    982 Oct  22th, 2002 M.Dressel internal_7_transport-V04-01-01
992 ----------------------------------------------    983 --------------------------------------------------------
993 - moving G4CellStoreScorer, G4TrackLogger         984 - moving G4CellStoreScorer, G4TrackLogger
994   to digits+hits/detector                         985   to digits+hits/detector
995 - resolving G4SLRawValues                         986 - resolving G4SLRawValues
996                                                   987 
997 Oct  16th, 2002 M.Dressel internal_6_transport    988 Oct  16th, 2002 M.Dressel internal_6_transport-V04-01-01
998 ----------------------------------------------    989 --------------------------------------------------------
999 - changes recomanded by codewizrd                 990 - changes recomanded by codewizrd
1000 - added GCellFinder concept                      991 - added GCellFinder concept
1001                                                  992 
1002 Oct  10th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01    993 Oct  10th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01-internal-5
1003 ---------------------------------------------    994 --------------------------------------------------------
1004 - changing sampler concept: instead of separa    995 - changing sampler concept: instead of separat samplers for
1005   all combinations of importance sampling, sc    996   all combinations of importance sampling, scoring, wieght roulette
1006   for parallel and mass geometry there are tw    997   for parallel and mass geometry there are two Samplers now
1007   for the mass and parallel geometry: G4MassG    998   for the mass and parallel geometry: G4MassGeometrySampler
1008   and G4ParallelGeometrySampler.                 999   and G4ParallelGeometrySampler.
1009 - Introduction of Configurators to setup the     1000 - Introduction of Configurators to setup the processes.
1010                                                  1001 
1011 Sep  18th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01    1002 Sep  18th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01-internal-4
1012 ---------------------------------------------    1003 --------------------------------------------------------
1013 - tagging a version before reducing the numbe    1004 - tagging a version before reducing the number of Samplers
1014                                                  1005 
1015 Sep  2th, 2002 M.dressel  transport-V04-01-01    1006 Sep  2th, 2002 M.dressel  transport-V04-01-01-internal-3
1016 -----------------------------------------        1007 -----------------------------------------
1017     code cleanup for code-wizard                 1008     code cleanup for code-wizard
1018                                                  1009 
1019 Aug  29th, 2002 M.Dressel int-1-V04-01-01        1010 Aug  29th, 2002 M.Dressel int-1-V04-01-01
1020 -----------------------------------------        1011 -----------------------------------------
1021 - adopted to changes in int-2-geombias-V04-01    1012 - adopted to changes in int-2-geombias-V04-01-01:
1022      renaming of G4PTouchableKey to G4Geometr    1013      renaming of G4PTouchableKey to G4GeometryCell
1023      changing  G4VIStore and G4IStore            1014      changing  G4VIStore and G4IStore
1024      and dependants                              1015      and dependants
1025                                                  1016 
1026 Aug  13th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01    1017 Aug  13th, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-01-01
1027 ---------------------------------------------    1018 ----------------------------------------------
1028 - added G4CellStoreScorer,  G4VTrackTerminato    1019 - added G4CellStoreScorer,  G4VTrackTerminator and changed the sampler
1029   classes in order to use the G4VTrackTermina    1020   classes in order to use the G4VTrackTerminator (if necessary) to
1030   kill a track.                                  1021   kill a track.
1031 - coworks with geombias-V04-01-01                1022 - coworks with geombias-V04-01-01
1032                                                  1023 
1033 July 18th, 2002 M.Dressel                        1024 July 18th, 2002 M.Dressel
1034 -------------------------                        1025 -------------------------
1035 - bug fix in G4TrackLogger                       1026 - bug fix in G4TrackLogger
1036                                                  1027 
1037 July 11th, 2002 M.Dressel internal-2-transpor    1028 July 11th, 2002 M.Dressel internal-2-transport-V04-01-01
1038 ---------------------------------------------    1029 --------------------------------------------------------
1039 - moved the standard scoring classes to run b    1030 - moved the standard scoring classes to run because
1040   they need G4EventManager.                      1031   they need G4EventManager.
1041                                                  1032 
1042 July 10th, 2002 M.Dressel internal-1-transpor    1033 July 10th, 2002 M.Dressel internal-1-transport-V04-01-01
1043 ---------------------------------------------    1034 --------------------------------------------------------
1044 - add classes for standard scoreing. Remove G    1035 - add classes for standard scoreing. Remove G4ScorePrinter and G4Scorer.
1045   G4StandardScorer and G4StandardScoreTable m    1036   G4StandardScorer and G4StandardScoreTable may be used as replacement.
1046   The source file G4StandardScorer.cc may be     1037   The source file G4StandardScorer.cc may be found in
1047   extended/examples/B09/src because it needs     1038   extended/examples/B09/src because it needs to acces the
1048   G4EventManager.                                1039   G4EventManager.
1049                                                  1040 
1050 Jun   13, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-00-09     1041 Jun   13, 2002 M.Dressel transport-V04-00-09
1051 ---------------------------------------------    1042 ---------------------------------------------
1052 - add classes for creating and printing talli    1043 - add classes for creating and printing tallies.
1053                                                  1044 
1054 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-08    1045 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-08
1055 ---------------------------------------------    1046 --------------------------------------------------------
1056 - made weight window sampling to apply only a    1047 - made weight window sampling to apply only at inital track step 1.
1057                                                  1048 
1058 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-07    1049 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-07
1059 ---------------------------------------------    1050 --------------------------------------------------------
1060 - bug fix in G4PArallelScoreSampler.cc and re    1051 - bug fix in G4PArallelScoreSampler.cc and remove Warning from
1061   ParallelTransport.                             1052   ParallelTransport.
1062                                                  1053 
1063 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-06    1054 May   31, 2002  M.Dressel transport-V04-00-06
1064 ---------------------------------------------    1055 --------------------------------------------------------
1065 - renaming of the Manager classes to Sampler     1056 - renaming of the Manager classes to Sampler classes
1066 - substitution of G4ParallelManager inside th    1057 - substitution of G4ParallelManager inside the Sampler classes
1067                                                  1058 
1068 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel                        1059 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel
1069 ---------------------------------------------    1060 --------------------------------------------------------
1070 - chamged G4VImportanceScoreConstructor to G4    1061 - chamged G4VImportanceScoreConstructor to G4VSampler
1071                                                  1062 
1072 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel                        1063 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel
1073 ---------------------------------------------    1064 --------------------------------------------------------
1074 - all the ImportanceScoreManagers derive form    1065 - all the ImportanceScoreManagers derive form
1075   G4VImportanceScoreConstructor                  1066   G4VImportanceScoreConstructor
1076                                                  1067 
1077 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel internal-3-transpor    1068 May   30, 2002  M.Dressel internal-3-transport-V04-00-05
1078 ---------------------------------------------    1069 --------------------------------------------------------
1079 - changes in Importance Manager constructors,    1070 - changes in Importance Manager constructors, G4ImportanceAlgorithm as
1080   pointer                                        1071   pointer
1081                                                  1072 
1082 May   29, 2002  M.Dressel internal-2-transpor    1073 May   29, 2002  M.Dressel internal-2-transport-V04-00-05
1083 ---------------------------------------------    1074 --------------------------------------------------------
1084 - bug fix in G4PImportanceWWindowScoreManager    1075 - bug fix in G4PImportanceWWindowScoreManager.cc
1085   and G4ParallelImportanceManager.hh.            1076   and G4ParallelImportanceManager.hh.
1086                                                  1077 
1087 May   24, 2002  M.Dressel internal-1-transpor    1078 May   24, 2002  M.Dressel internal-1-transport-V04-00-05
1088 -------------------------                        1079 -------------------------
1089 - Change in G4VProcessPlacer and G4ProcessPla    1080 - Change in G4VProcessPlacer and G4ProcessPlacer: add member function
1090   RemoveProcess to properly remove a process.    1081   RemoveProcess to properly remove a process.
1091 - Add classes for wieght window biasing.         1082 - Add classes for wieght window biasing.
1092                                                  1083 
1093                                                  1084 
1094 May   02, 2002  M.Dressel                        1085 May   02, 2002  M.Dressel
1095 -------------------------                        1086 -------------------------
1096 - Change in G4ProcessPlacer: set process vect    1087 - Change in G4ProcessPlacer: set process vector via process manager not
1097   directly.                                      1088   directly.
1098 - Change in G4ParallelTranport: use StartTrac    1089 - Change in G4ParallelTranport: use StartTracking to signal inital step.
1099   This should help to locate "suspended" trac    1090   This should help to locate "suspended" tracks.
1100                                                  1091 
1101 April 24, 2002  G.Cosmo - transport-V04-00-05    1092 April 24, 2002  G.Cosmo - transport-V04-00-05
1102 -----------------------                          1093 -----------------------
1103 - Added G4DEBUG_TRANSPORT flag in GNUmakefile    1094 - Added G4DEBUG_TRANSPORT flag in GNUmakefile and (on suggestionh of
1104   J.Apostolakis) replaced to G4VERBOSE in G4T    1095   J.Apostolakis) replaced to G4VERBOSE in G4Transportation::PostStepDoIt()
1105   for extra-check on volume boundary.            1096   for extra-check on volume boundary.
1106   Issues addressed by problem report #130 sho    1097   Issues addressed by problem report #130 should now be resolved.
1107                                                  1098 
1108 April 10, 2002  M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-    1099 April 10, 2002  M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-04
1109 -------------------------                        1100 -------------------------
1110 - Added comments to headers of transportation    1101 - Added comments to headers of transportation classes and managers for
1111   importance biasing, to fullfill Software Re    1102   importance biasing, to fullfill Software Reference Manual.
1112                                                  1103 
1113 Apr 9, 2002 G.Cosmo                              1104 Apr 9, 2002 G.Cosmo
1114 -------------------                              1105 -------------------
1115 - Added liability disclaimer to scorer classe    1106 - Added liability disclaimer to scorer classes and minor cosmetics.
1116                                                  1107 
1117 Apr 8, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-03      1108 Apr 8, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-03
1118 ---------------------                            1109 ---------------------
1119 - Resolved compilation problems on HP-aCC.       1110 - Resolved compilation problems on HP-aCC.
1120                                                  1111 
1121 Apr 4, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-02      1112 Apr 4, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-02
1122 ---------------------                            1113 ---------------------
1123 - Cleaned compilation problems for G4std/std.    1114 - Cleaned compilation problems for G4std/std.
1124                                                  1115 
1125 Apr 4, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-01      1116 Apr 4, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-01
1126 ---------------------                            1117 ---------------------
1127 - Resolved compilation problems on SUN-CC and    1118 - Resolved compilation problems on SUN-CC and Linux-egcs.
1128                                                  1119 
1129 Mar  28, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-00    1120 Mar  28, 2002 M.Dressel - transport-V04-00-00
1130 -----------------------                          1121 -----------------------
1131 - First implementation of transportation clas    1122 - First implementation of transportation classes and managers for importance
1132   biasing and scoring. Co-works with "geometr    1123   biasing and scoring. Co-works with "geometry-V04-00-01".
1133                                                  1124 
1134 Mar  25, 2002 G.Cosmo                            1125 Mar  25, 2002 G.Cosmo
1135 ---------------------                            1126 ---------------------
1136 - Added dependency to new module geometry/bia    1127 - Added dependency to new module geometry/biasing in GNUmakefile.
1137                                                  1128 
1138 Dec   8, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-0    1129 Dec   8, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-02-07
1139 ---------------------------                      1130 ---------------------------
1140 - Activated the killing of 'looping' particle    1131 - Activated the killing of 'looping' particles -- to be used also to
1141   abandon (kill) particles that are stuck (eg    1132   abandon (kill) particles that are stuck (eg at boundaries).
1142   [ Fix for problems of stuck particles repor    1133   [ Fix for problems of stuck particles reported by CMS (P.Arce),
1143     and Atlas (A.Del'Acqua, A.Rimoldi) ]         1134     and Atlas (A.Del'Acqua, A.Rimoldi) ]
1144                                                  1135 
1145 Nov  28, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-0    1136 Nov  28, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-02-06
1146 ---------------------------                      1137 ---------------------------
1147 - Fix for the new updating of the time for fi    1138 - Fix for the new updating of the time for fields -- correcting previous
1148   tag.  By keeping account whether the field     1139   tag.  By keeping account whether the field changes the energy (and
1149   therefore the velocity) in the field manage    1140   therefore the velocity) in the field manager.
1150                                                  1141 
1151   Requires and co-works with                     1142   Requires and co-works with
1152    - "field-V03-02-07"                           1143    - "field-V03-02-07"
1153    - "geomvol-V03-02-02"                         1144    - "geomvol-V03-02-02"
1154   in order to compile (let alone have any eff    1145   in order to compile (let alone have any effect.)
1155                                                  1146 
1156 Nov  10, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-0    1147 Nov  10, 2001 J.Apostolakis - transport-V03-02-05
1157 ---------------------------                      1148 ---------------------------
1158 - Motivated by the use case of an Electric Fi    1149 - Motivated by the use case of an Electric Field,
1159    * in order to achieve reasonable accuracy     1150    * in order to achieve reasonable accuracy in time integration,
1160    * and to enable fields that vary with the     1151    * and to enable fields that vary with the global time
1161   changed Transportation to try to obtain the    1152   changed Transportation to try to obtain the delta_time from FieldTrack.
1162   Co-works with and requires "field-V03-02-03    1153   Co-works with and requires "field-V03-02-03" to have any effect.
1163                                                  1154 
1164 Nov   9, 2001   G. Cosmo - transport-V03-02-0    1155 Nov   9, 2001   G. Cosmo - transport-V03-02-04
1165 ------------------------                         1156 ------------------------
1166 - Fix in G4Transportation.cc for initialisati    1157 - Fix in G4Transportation.cc for initialisation of touchable handle.
1167                                                  1158 
1168 Nov   8, 2001   G. Cosmo - transport-V03-02-0    1159 Nov   8, 2001   G. Cosmo - transport-V03-02-03
1169 ------------------------                         1160 ------------------------
1170 - Introduced changes to G4Transportation for     1161 - Introduced changes to G4Transportation for reference-counted
1171   touchables (R.Chytracek). Added methods Get    1162   touchables (R.Chytracek). Added methods GetFreeTouchable() and
1172   SetTheOtherTouchableFree(G4VTouchable*).       1163   SetTheOtherTouchableFree(G4VTouchable*).
1173                                                  1164 
1174 Nov   6, 2001   J. Apostolakis - transport-V0    1165 Nov   6, 2001   J. Apostolakis - transport-V03-02-02
1175 ------------------------------                   1166 ------------------------------
1176 - Added protection in G4Transportation::Along    1167 - Added protection in G4Transportation::AlongStepGPIL for messaging
1177   "ResestStepEstimate" of ChordFinder for the    1168   "ResestStepEstimate" of ChordFinder for the case there is no global field.
1178   ** NOTE this is not a perfect resolution (s    1169   ** NOTE this is not a perfect resolution (see NOTE in log file). **
1179   --> Thanks to Radovan Chytracek for reporti    1170   --> Thanks to Radovan Chytracek for reporting this problem (move to file log)
1180                                                  1171 
1181 Aug  16, 2001   J. Apostolakis - transport-V0    1172 Aug  16, 2001   J. Apostolakis - transport-V03-02-01
1182 ------------------------------                   1173 ------------------------------
1183 - Tagged. (This tag requires field-V03-02-00)    1174 - Tagged. (This tag requires field-V03-02-00)
1184                                                  1175 
1185 Aug  16, 2001   J. Apostolakis                   1176 Aug  16, 2001   J. Apostolakis
1186 ------------------------------                   1177 ------------------------------
1187 - Erasing state information from previous tra    1178 - Erasing state information from previous track at the first step of
1188   each track.  (-> this is required to ensure    1179   each track.  (-> this is required to ensure repeatability)
1189   This should eliminate any non-repeatability    1180   This should eliminate any non-repeatability due to the propagation
1190   in field.                                      1181   in field.
1191   ( Requires updated version of G4ChordFinder    1182   ( Requires updated version of G4ChordFinder )
1192                                                  1183 
1193 Jul  19, 2001   G. Cosmo  transport-V03-02-00    1184 Jul  19, 2001   G. Cosmo  transport-V03-02-00
1194 ------------------------                         1185 ------------------------
1195 - Synchronised with CVS HEAD after introducti    1186 - Synchronised with CVS HEAD after introduction of warrenty disclaimer.
1196 - Modified author list in G4Transportation (P    1187 - Modified author list in G4Transportation (P.Gumplinger).
1197                                                  1188 
1198 Apr  11, 2001   J. Apostolakis   transport-V0    1189 Apr  11, 2001   J. Apostolakis   transport-V03-01-02
1199 ------------------------------                   1190 ------------------------------
1200 - Corrected the last update of G4Transportati    1191 - Corrected the last update of G4Transportation.cc, which overwrote the
1201   value of the spin in the cases where a part    1192   value of the spin in the cases where a particle was not charged (eg photon)
1202   or a charged particle was not in a field.      1193   or a charged particle was not in a field.
1203                                                  1194 
1204 Apr  11, 2001   P. Gumplinger   transport-V03    1195 Apr  11, 2001   P. Gumplinger   transport-V03-01-01
1205 -----------------------------                    1196 -----------------------------
1206 - Updated G4Transportation.cc to make spin tr    1197 - Updated G4Transportation.cc to make spin tracking work correctly:
1207   o Replaced the line originally commented ou    1198   o Replaced the line originally commented out:
1208       // fTransportEndPolarization= aFieldTra    1199       // fTransportEndPolarization= aFieldTrack.GetSpin() ; // Not yet possible
1209     with:                                        1200     with:
1210       fTransportEndSpin = aFieldTrack.GetSpin    1201       fTransportEndSpin = aFieldTrack.GetSpin();
1211   o Added to the AlongStepDoIt() the followin    1202   o Added to the AlongStepDoIt() the following call:
1212       fParticleChange.SetPolarizationChange(f    1203       fParticleChange.SetPolarizationChange(fTransportEndSpin);
1213                                                  1204 
1214 Mar  19, 2001   J. Apostolakis  transport-V03    1205 Mar  19, 2001   J. Apostolakis  transport-V03-00-01
1215 ------------------------------                   1206 ------------------------------
1216 - G4Transportation modified to use new FieldT    1207 - G4Transportation modified to use new FieldTrack, and get Kinetic
1217   Energy from it.                                1208   Energy from it.
1218   This new FieldTrack together with changes i    1209   This new FieldTrack together with changes in associated Equation of Motion
1219   classes implement the momentum vector as in    1210   classes implement the momentum vector as independent variable in place of
1220   the velocity.                                  1211   the velocity.
1221   So this tag requires                           1212   So this tag requires
1222   - new geometry/magneticfield tag "field-V03    1213   - new geometry/magneticfield tag "field-V03-00-01",  and
1223   - new geometry/volumes  tag "geomvol-V03-00    1214   - new geometry/volumes  tag "geomvol-V03-00-03" for new
1224     G4PropagatorInField ().                      1215     G4PropagatorInField ().
1225                                                  1216 
1226 Feb  27, 2001   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V0    1217 Feb  27, 2001   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V03-00-00)
1227 ------------------------------                   1218 ------------------------------
1228 - G4Transportation.cc:                           1219 - G4Transportation.cc:
1229   *   Modified calculation of energy at the e    1220   *   Modified calculation of energy at the end of field step
1230        to make it more accurate at low veloci    1221        to make it more accurate at low velocities,
1231        (while remaining correct at high gamma    1222        (while remaining correct at high gammas).
1232   This improves the energy determination.        1223   This improves the energy determination.
1233   Together with electromagnetic/standard tag     1224   Together with electromagnetic/standard tag  "stand-V03-00-03"
1234   this addresses the main problem in propagat    1225   this addresses the main problem in propagating in an electric field
1235   (Problem report # 108 )                        1226   (Problem report # 108 )
1236                                                  1227 
1237 Sep  22, 2000   V. Grichine (transport-V02-00    1228 Sep  22, 2000   V. Grichine (transport-V02-00-00)  [recorded by G.Cosmo]
1238 ---------------------------                      1229 ---------------------------
1239 - G4Transportation.cc:                           1230 - G4Transportation.cc:
1240   o added formula for Tkin corresponding dire    1231   o added formula for Tkin corresponding directly to
1241     relativistic definition of Tkin = Etot -     1232     relativistic definition of Tkin = Etot - mc^2 = mc^2(gamma -1),
1242     where gamma is a particle Lorentz factor.    1233     where gamma is a particle Lorentz factor.
1243   o general cosmetics.                           1234   o general cosmetics.
1244                                                  1235 
1245 Jun  19, 2000   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V0    1236 Jun  19, 2000   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V01-01-02)
1246 ------------------------------                   1237 ------------------------------
1247 - G4Transportation.cc: Set the True Step Leng    1238 - G4Transportation.cc: Set the True Step Length in G4Transportation.cc
1248 - Cosmetic:  updated other files to the head,    1239 - Cosmetic:  updated other files to the head, as there were no differences
1249   from it (CVS headers).                         1240   from it (CVS headers).
1250                                                  1241 
1251 May  15, 2000   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V0    1242 May  15, 2000   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V01-01-01)
1252 ------------------------------                   1243 ------------------------------
1253 - G4Transportation.cc:  Set the material in m    1244 - G4Transportation.cc:  Set the material in materialChange, in order to get
1254   correct behaviour for volumes that paramete    1245   correct behaviour for volumes that parameterise the material.
1255   (Fix is dependant on changes to particleCha    1246   (Fix is dependant on changes to particleChangeForTransport and StepPoint)
1256 - Modified setting of touchable change, in or    1247 - Modified setting of touchable change, in order to preserve const-ness where
1257   it exists.                                     1248   it exists.
1258                                                  1249 
1259 Nov  25, 1999   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V0    1250 Nov  25, 1999   J. Apostolakis  (transport-V00-01-01)
1260 ------------------------------                   1251 ------------------------------
1261 - G4Transportation.cc: Added protection for t    1252 - G4Transportation.cc: Added protection for the case of a zero step (when
1262   there is a field)                              1253   there is a field)
1263 - G4UserSpecialCuts: protection to use min ra    1254 - G4UserSpecialCuts: protection to use min range and min kinE only for
1264   charged particles.                             1255   charged particles.
1265                                                  1256 
1266 June  9, 1999   J. Apostolakis  (transport-01    1257 June  9, 1999   J. Apostolakis  (transport-01-00-02)
1267 ------------------------------                   1258 ------------------------------
1268 - Added a protection so that full relocation     1259 - Added a protection so that full relocation is not used for very small moves.
1269                                                  1260 
1270 Dec   4, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00    1261 Dec   4, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00-04-01)
1271 ------------------------------                   1262 ------------------------------
1272 - The Velocity Vector for Transport in a magn    1263 - The Velocity Vector for Transport in a magnetic field is now set correctly.
1273   (previously the scalar velocity was automat    1264   (previously the scalar velocity was automatically promoted to a 3-vector)
1274                                                  1265 
1275 Nov  25, 1998  J. Apostolakis                    1266 Nov  25, 1998  J. Apostolakis
1276 -----------------------------                    1267 -----------------------------
1277 - Added the direction to  LocateGlobalPointAn    1268 - Added the direction to  LocateGlobalPointAndUpdateTouchable.
1278                                                  1269 
1279 Nov  19, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00    1270 Nov  19, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00-03-04)
1280 ------------------------------                   1271 ------------------------------
1281 - Fixes:                                         1272 - Fixes:
1282   1) The final energy is set equal to the ini    1273   1) The final energy is set equal to the initial energy, because
1283      the PropagatorInField does not calculate    1274      the PropagatorInField does not calculate it correctly yet.  NEEDS Fix
1284   2) If the requested step size is zero and s    1275   2) If the requested step size is zero and safety is zero,  the
1285      step is now considered geometry limited.    1276      step is now considered geometry limited.  (This can happen
1286      if a discrete process tries to take a  s    1277      if a discrete process tries to take a  step that is very small
1287      compared to the mean free path.)  Proble    1278      compared to the mean free path.)  Problem observed by Laszlo in EM tests.
1288   3) PostStepGetInteractionLength now returns    1279   3) PostStepGetInteractionLength now returns DBL_MAX, not kInfinity.
1289                                                  1280 
1290 Nov  11, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00    1281 Nov  11, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (transport-00-03-03)
1291 ------------------------------                   1282 ------------------------------
1292 - Changes to accomodate new interface of Fiel    1283 - Changes to accomodate new interface of Field:
1293   G4PropagatorInField and G4FieldTrack.          1284   G4PropagatorInField and G4FieldTrack.
1294                                                  1285 
1295 Oct  30, 1998  J. Apostolakis   (transport-00    1286 Oct  30, 1998  J. Apostolakis   (transport-00-03-02)
1296 -----------------------------                    1287 -----------------------------
1297 - In the case of magnetic field, a flag that     1288 - In the case of magnetic field, a flag that determines whether the
1298   geometry limited the step was not set.         1289   geometry limited the step was not set.
1299                                                  1290 
1300 Sep  16, 1998  J. Apostolakis   (transport-00    1291 Sep  16, 1998  J. Apostolakis   (transport-00-03-01)
1301 -----------------------------                    1292 -----------------------------
1302 - Checks whether the particle is out of the w    1293 - Checks whether the particle is out of the world volume,
1303   if so it has exited and must be killed.        1294   if so it has exited and must be killed.
1304                                                  1295 
1305 Aug  28, 1998  J. Apostolakis                    1296 Aug  28, 1998  J. Apostolakis
1306 -----------------------------                    1297 -----------------------------
1307 - The PostStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength ha    1298 - The PostStepGetPhysicalInteractionLength has fixed (to return kInf)
1308   The boolean flags for touchables are now in    1299   The boolean flags for touchables are now initialised. & Other small fixes ?
1309   Test code for non-relocating case added (fo    1300   Test code for non-relocating case added (for debugging).
1310                                                  1301 
1311 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-04)    1302 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-04)
1312 ------------------------------                   1303 ------------------------------
1313 - Corrected Safety computation for the case o    1304 - Corrected Safety computation for the case of the field (adding endpoint
1314   distance instead of curve length.)             1305   distance instead of curve length.)
1315 - Added PostStepDoIt method that tries to rel    1306 - Added PostStepDoIt method that tries to relocate the particle using
1316   G4ParticleChangeForTransport                   1307   G4ParticleChangeForTransport
1317 - Transportation is no longer a G4ContinuousP    1308 - Transportation is no longer a G4ContinuousProcess.
1318                                                  1309 
1319 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-03)    1310 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-03)
1320 ------------------------------                   1311 ------------------------------
1321 - Modified it to recomputate Safety at the st    1312 - Modified it to recomputate Safety at the start of a step.  To do this
1322   it uses the previous step's  calculated saf    1313   it uses the previous step's  calculated safety and endpoint.
1323                                                  1314 
1324 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-02)    1315 June 08, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-02)
1325 ------------------------------                   1316 ------------------------------
1326 - Modified it to add re-computation of Safety    1317 - Modified it to add re-computation of Safety at the endpoint of a step,
1327   when the safety would become negative.  Thi    1318   when the safety would become negative.  This is done to allow processes
1328   to benefit from a realistic (geometrical) v    1319   to benefit from a realistic (geometrical) value of the safety.  The
1329   request to do this was from EM physics         1320   request to do this was from EM physics
1330                                                  1321 
1331 June 03, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-01)    1322 June 03, 1998   J. Apostolakis  (trans-06-01)
1332 ------------------------------                   1323 ------------------------------
1333 - The safety we is now generalised to mean th    1324 - The safety we is now generalised to mean the limit of assumption of all
1334   processes. The AlongStepGPIL input value is    1325   processes. The AlongStepGPIL input value is not the remainder from the
1335   previous step's geometrical safety.            1326   previous step's geometrical safety.
1336   So the transportation must recalculate the     1327   So the transportation must recalculate the starting point's safety here.
1337   As a zeroeth order approximation we set it     1328   As a zeroeth order approximation we set it to zero.
1338                                                  1329 
1339 April 17, 1998  M. Maire      [recorded by Jo    1330 April 17, 1998  M. Maire      [recorded by John Apostolakis]
1340 ------------------------                         1331 ------------------------
1341 - A new process, G4UserSpecialCuts, was added    1332 - A new process, G4UserSpecialCuts, was added to allow the
1342   user an alternative method to set some user    1333   user an alternative method to set some user cuts.
1343                                                  1334 
1344 April 15, 1998  H. Kurasige   [recorded by Jo    1335 April 15, 1998  H. Kurasige   [recorded by John Apostolakis]
1345 ---------------------------                      1336 ---------------------------
1346 - The transportation does the absolute minimu    1337 - The transportation does the absolute minimum required to conform to
1347   the new scheme for ParticleChange: G4VParti    1338   the new scheme for ParticleChange: G4VParticleChange is used in signature.
1348   [ But default G4ParticleChange is still use    1339   [ But default G4ParticleChange is still used ].
1349                                                  1340 
1350 April 14, 1998  John Apostolakis                 1341 April 14, 1998  John Apostolakis
1351 --------------------------------                 1342 --------------------------------
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