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 30 // File name:     G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel
 31 //
 32 // Author:        Vladimir Ivanchenko
 33 // 
 34 // Creation date: 14 May 2024
 35 //
 36 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 37 //
 38 
 39 #include "G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel.hh"
 40 #include "G4DynamicParticle.hh"
 41 #include "G4Material.hh"
 42 #include "Randomize.hh"
 43 #include "G4Gamma.hh"
 44 #include "G4RandomDirection.hh"
 45 #include "G4ThreeVector.hh"
 46 #include "G4PhysicalConstants.hh"
 47 #include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
 48 
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 50 
 51 G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel()
 52   : G4VPositronAtRestModel("Allison")
 53 {}    
 54 
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 56 
 57 void G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::SampleSecondaries(
 58              std::vector<G4DynamicParticle*>& secParticles,
 59              G4double&, const G4Material* material) const
 60 {
 61   const G4double eGamma = CLHEP::electron_mass_c2;
 62 
 63   // In rest frame of positronium gammas are back to back
 64   const G4ThreeVector& dir1 = G4RandomDirection();
 65   const G4ThreeVector& dir2 = -dir1;
 66   auto aGamma1 = new G4DynamicParticle(G4Gamma::Gamma(),dir1,eGamma);
 67   auto aGamma2 = new G4DynamicParticle(G4Gamma::Gamma(),dir2,eGamma);
 68 
 69   // In rest frame the gammas are polarised perpendicular to each other - see
 70   // Pryce and Ward, Nature No 4065 (1947) p.435.
 71   // Snyder et al, Physical Review 73 (1948) p.440.
 72   G4ThreeVector pol1 = (G4RandomDirection().cross(dir1)).unit();
 73   G4ThreeVector pol2 = (pol1.cross(dir2)).unit();
 74 
 75   // A positron in matter slows down and combines with an atomic electron to
 76   // make a neutral atom called positronium, about half the size of a normal
 77   // atom. I expect that when the energy of the positron is small enough,
 78   // less than the binding energy of positronium (6.8 eV), it is
 79   // energetically favourable for an electron from the outer orbitals of a
 80   // nearby atom or molecule to transfer and bind to the positron, as in an
 81   // ionic bond, leaving behind a mildly ionised nearby atom/molecule. I
 82   // would expect the positronium to come away with a kinetic energy of a
 83   // few eV on average. In its para (spin 0) state it annihilates into two
 84   // photons, which in the rest frame of the positronium are collinear
 85   // (back-to-back) due to momentum conservation. Because of the motion of the
 86   // positronium, photons will be not quite back-to-back in the laboratory.
 87 
 88   // The positroniuim acquires an energy of order its binding energy and
 89   // doesn't have time to thermalise. Nevertheless, here we approximate its
 90   // energy distribution by a Maxwell-Boltzman with mean energy <KE>. In terms
 91   // of a more familiar concept of temperature, and the law of equipartition
 92   // of energy of translational motion, <KE>=3kT/2. Each component of velocity
 93   // has a distribution exp(-mv^2/2kT), which is a Gaussian of mean zero
 94   // and variance kT/m=2<KE>/3m, where m is the positronium mass.
 95 
 96   const G4double meanEnergyPerIonPair = material->GetIonisation()->GetMeanEnergyPerIonPair();
 97   const G4double& meanKE = meanEnergyPerIonPair;  // Just an alias
 98 
 99   if (meanKE > 0.) {  // Positronium has motion
100     // Mass of positronium
101     const G4double mass = 2.*CLHEP::electron_mass_c2;
102     // Mean <KE>=3kT/2, as described above
103     // const G4double T = 2.*meanKE/(3.*k_Boltzmann);
104     // Component velocities: Gaussian, variance kT/m=2<KE>/3m.
105     const G4double sigmav = std::sqrt(2.*meanKE/(3.*mass));
106     // This is in units where c=1
107     const G4double vx = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
108     const G4double vy = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
109     const G4double vz = G4RandGauss::shoot(0.,sigmav);
110     const G4ThreeVector v(vx,vy,vz);  // In unit where c=1
111     const G4ThreeVector& beta = v;    // so beta=v/c=v
112     aGamma1->Set4Momentum(aGamma1->Get4Momentum().boost(beta));
113     aGamma2->Set4Momentum(aGamma2->Get4Momentum().boost(beta));
114 
115     // Rotate polarisation vectors
116     const G4ThreeVector& newDir1 = aGamma1->GetMomentumDirection();
117     const G4ThreeVector& newDir2 = aGamma2->GetMomentumDirection();
118     const G4ThreeVector& axis1 = dir1.cross(newDir1);  // No need to be unit
119     const G4ThreeVector& axis2 = dir2.cross(newDir2);  // No need to be unit
120     const G4double& angle1 = std::acos(dir1*newDir1);
121     const G4double& angle2 = std::acos(dir2*newDir2);
122     pol1.rotate(axis1, angle1);
123     pol2.rotate(axis2, angle2);
124   }
125 
126   // use constructors optimal for massless particle
127   aGamma1->SetPolarization(pol1);
128   aGamma2->SetPolarization(pol2);
129 
130   secParticles.push_back(aGamma1);
131   secParticles.push_back(aGamma2);
132 }
133 
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135 
136 void G4AllisonPositronAtRestModel::PrintGeneratorInformation() const
137 {
138   G4cout << "\n" << G4endl;
139   G4cout << "Allison AtRest positron 2-gamma annihilation model." << G4endl;
140   G4cout << "Takes into account positronium motion in the media." << G4endl;
141 } 
142 
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144