G4VhElectronicStoppingPower.cc

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// GEANT4 Class file
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// File name:     G4VhElectronicStoppingPower
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// Author:        V.Ivanchenko (Vladimir.Ivanchenko@cern.ch)
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// Creation date: 20 July 2000
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// Modifications: 
// 20/07/2000  V.Ivanchenko First implementation
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// Class Description: 
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// Low energy hadrons/ions electronic stopping power parametrisation
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// Class Description: End 
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#include "G4VhElectronicStoppingPower.hh" 
#include "G4SystemOfUnits.hh"
#include "G4UnitsTable.hh"

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G4VhElectronicStoppingPower::G4VhElectronicStoppingPower():
   theHeMassAMU(4.0026)
{;}

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G4VhElectronicStoppingPower::~G4VhElectronicStoppingPower() 
{;}

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G4double G4VhElectronicStoppingPower::HeEffChargeSquare(
                                      const G4double z, 
                                      const G4double kineticEnergyHe) const
{
  // The aproximation of He effective charge from: 
  // J.F.Ziegler, J.P. Biersack, U. Littmark
  // The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter,
  // Vol.1, Pergamon Press, 1985

  static const G4double c[6] = {0.2865,  0.1266, -0.001429,
                0.02402,-0.01135, 0.001475} ;

  G4double e = std::log( std::max( 1.0, kineticEnergyHe/(keV*GetHeMassAMU()))) ; 
  G4double x = c[0] ;
  G4double y = 1.0 ;
  for (G4int i=1; i<6; i++) {
    y *= e ;
    x += y * c[i] ;
  }

  G4double w = 7.6 -  e ;
  w = 1.0 + (0.007 + 0.00005*z) * std::exp( -w*w ) ;
  w = 4.0 * (1.0 - std::exp(-x)) * w * w ;
  return w;
}