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26 // ===========================================================================
27 // GEANT4 class header file
28 //
29 // Class: G4VIonDEDXTable
30 //
31 // Author: Anton Lechner (Anton.Lechner@cern.ch)
32 //
33 // First implementation: 15. 02. 2009
34 //
35 // Modifications:
36 // 02. 11. 2009 A. Lechner: Added BuildPhysicsVector function which should
37 // invoke the build process of physics vectors.
38 //
39 // Class description:
40 // Base class for electronic stopping power tables for ions.
41 //
42 // Comments:
43 //
44 // ===========================================================================
45
46 #ifndef G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH
47 #define G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH
48
49 #include "globals.hh"
50
51 class G4PhysicsVector;
52
53 class G4VIonDEDXTable
54 {
55 public:
56 explicit G4VIonDEDXTable() = default;
57 virtual ~G4VIonDEDXTable() = default;
58 G4VIonDEDXTable(G4VIonDEDXTable&) = delete;
59 const G4VIonDEDXTable& operator=(const G4VIonDEDXTable&) = delete;
60
61 // Function for building a stopping power table for a material consisting of
62 // a single element only.
63 virtual G4bool BuildPhysicsVector(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
64 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material
65 ) = 0;
66
67 // Function building stopping power table for a given ion-material pair.
68 virtual G4bool BuildPhysicsVector(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
69 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material
70 ) = 0;
71
72 // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables
73 // for a given ion-material pair, where the material consists of
74 // a single element only.
75 virtual G4bool IsApplicable(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
76 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material
77 ) = 0;
78
79 // Function for checking the availability of stopping power tables
80 // for a given ion-material pair.
81 virtual G4bool IsApplicable(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
82 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material
83 ) = 0;
84
85 // Function returning the stopping power vector for a given ion-material
86 // pair, where the material consists of a single element only (the
87 // physics vector returned by this function must contain the kinetic
88 // energy per nucleon vs the mass stopping power of the elemental material).
89 virtual G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
90 G4int // Atomic number of elemental material
91 ) = 0;
92
93 // Function returning the stopping power vector for given ion-material
94 // pair (the physics vector returned by this function must contain the
95 // kinetic energy per nucleon vs the mass stopping power of the material).
96 virtual G4PhysicsVector* GetPhysicsVector(G4int, // Atomic number of ion
97 const G4String& // Name or chemical formula of material
98 ) = 0;
99 };
100
101 #endif // G4VIONDEDXTABLE_HH
102