G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector Class Reference

Base class for the sensitive detector used within the fast simulation. More...

#include <G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector.hh>

Public Member Functions
G4bool	Hit (const G4FastHit *aHit, const G4FastTrack *aTrack, G4TouchableHandle *aTouchable)

Private Member Functions
virtual G4bool	ProcessHits (const G4FastHit *aHit, const G4FastTrack *aTrack, G4TouchableHistory *aROHistory)=0

Detailed Description

Base class for the sensitive detector used within the fast simulation.

Base class for a sensitive detector that allows to store hits created in the fast simulation models. It must me used in addition to inheritance from the usual base class G4VSensitiveDetector for processing of energy deposited in G4Step. ProcessHits(...) method must be implemented and describe how hits should be saved in the hit collections. It is invoked by Hit method which is public and can be called directly in the fast simulation model (if sensitive detector is known to the model), or via the helper class G4FastSimHitMaker that will locate appropriate volume and retrieve its sensitive detector. An extended example extended/parameterisations/Par03 demonstrates how to use G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector to deposit energy from fast simulation and compare it to the detailed simulation.

Definition at line 54 of file G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector.hh.

Member Function Documentation

Hit()

G4bool G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector::Hit ( const G4FastHit *  aHit, const G4FastTrack *  aTrack, G4TouchableHandle *  aTouchable  )

inline

Create a hit.

It checks if G4VSensitiveDetector is also used as a base class, and takes into account the readout geometry, if it is defined. User instruction on how to deposit energy needs to be implemented in ProcessHits method.

Parameters

[in]	aHit	Created hit (energy and position)
[in]	aTrack	Fast track with access to particle's track and properties in envelope's local coordinates
[in]	aTouchable	Touchable with relevant transformations

Definition at line 67 of file G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector.hh.

  {
    G4bool result                 = true;
    G4VSensitiveDetector* sensDet = dynamic_cast<G4VSensitiveDetector*>(this);
    if(sensDet == nullptr)
    {
      G4Exception("G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector::Hit()", "InvalidSetup",
                  FatalException,
                  "Sensitive detector needs also to inherit also from "
                  "G4VSensitiveDetector if full "
                  "simulation is used instead!");
    }
    if(sensDet->isActive())
    {
      G4VReadOutGeometry* ROgeometry = sensDet->GetROgeometry();
      G4TouchableHistory* ROhistory  = 0;
 
      if(ROgeometry)
      {
        // create fake pre-step point updating the touchable from read-out
        // geometry.
        G4Step fakeStep;
        const G4Track* currentTrack = aTrack->GetPrimaryTrack();
        G4StepPoint* tmpPoint       = fakeStep.GetPreStepPoint();
        tmpPoint->SetTouchableHandle(*aTouchable);
        tmpPoint->SetPosition(aHit->GetPosition());
        tmpPoint->SetMomentumDirection(currentTrack->GetMomentumDirection());
        result = ROgeometry->CheckROVolume(&fakeStep, ROhistory);
      } else {
        ROhistory = static_cast<G4TouchableHistory*>((*aTouchable)());
      }
      if(result)
        result = ProcessHits(aHit, aTrack, ROhistory);
    }
    else
    {
      result = false;
    }
    return result;
  }

References G4VReadOutGeometry::CheckROVolume(), FatalException, G4Exception(), G4Track::GetMomentumDirection(), G4FastHit::GetPosition(), G4Step::GetPreStepPoint(), G4FastTrack::GetPrimaryTrack(), G4VSensitiveDetector::GetROgeometry(), G4VSensitiveDetector::isActive(), ProcessHits(), G4StepPoint::SetMomentumDirection(), G4StepPoint::SetPosition(), and G4StepPoint::SetTouchableHandle().

Referenced by G4FastSimHitMaker::make().

ProcessHits()

virtual G4bool G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector::ProcessHits ( const G4FastHit *  aHit, const G4FastTrack *  aTrack, G4TouchableHistory *  aROHistory  )

privatepure virtual

Describes how energy and position of deposits are inserted into the hits collection. It is a private method and it will be invoked by Hit() method of the base class once the readout geometry that may be associated to the corresponding G4VSensitiveDetector is taken into account. It needs to be implemented in the derived class.

Parameters

[in]	aHit	Created hit (energy and position)
[in]	aTrack	Fast track with access to particle's track and properties in envelope's local coordinates
[in]	aROHistory	Touchable history with relevant transformations

Referenced by Hit().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• source/processes/parameterisation/include/G4VFastSimSensitiveDetector.hh