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#ifndef _SRC_COMMON_CPP_UTILS_MAUSGEOMETRYNAVIGATOR_HH_
#define _SRC_COMMON_CPP_UTILS_MAUSGEOMETRYNAVIGATOR_HH_
#include
#include "Geant4/G4PVPlacement.hh"
#include "Geant4/G4Navigator.hh"
#include "Geant4/G4Material.hh"
#include "src/common_cpp/DataStructure/ThreeVector.hh"
#include "src/common_cpp/Utils/Globals.hh"
class G4Material;
namespace MAUS {
/** @brief Wrap the G4Navigator class to allow access to the MAUS MC geometry
*
* In order to allow simplified access to the MAUS Geant4 geoemtry, as the
* MC sees it, this class wraps the G4Navigator class to control access.
*
* It is by default an instance is created in the global initialisation. You
* can alternatively set your own world volume pointer to initialise a
* different geometry.
*
* By convention only MAUS ThreeVectors are allowed as arguments. This
* simplifies the interface. The user is not expected to understand anything
* of Geant4 to use this class.
*/
class GeometryNavigator {
public:
/** @brief Constructor - performs default initialisation
*/
GeometryNavigator();
/** @brief Destructor - Deletes owned memory
*/
~GeometryNavigator();
/** @brief Initialise navigator with a different geometry
*/
void Initialise(G4VPhysicalVolume* global_volume);
/** @brief Set the current global position
*/
void SetPoint(ThreeVector point);
/** @brief Compute a safe step size
*
* Returns length of step size that does not intersect another volume
* along the direction specified by momentum
* As far as I can tell, G4 ignores momentum
*/
double ComputeStep(ThreeVector point,
ThreeVector momentum,
double step);
/** @brief Increment the current position by the supplied displacement
*
* Returns the new position. This allows us to use Geant4's intelligent
* stepping routines. NOT YET IMPLEMENTED.
*/
ThreeVector Step(ThreeVector displacement);
/** @brief Returns the current global position
*/
ThreeVector GetCurrentPoint() const {return ToMAUSVec(_current_position);}
/** @brief Gets the name of the material
*/
std::string GetMaterialName() const;
/** @brief Returns true if there is more than one element in the material
*/
bool IsMixture() const;
/** @brief Gets the Mass Number for a given element in the material
* - element: indexes the element in the material
*
* Units: g/mole
*/
double GetA(size_t element = 0) const;
/** @brief Gets the Atomic Number for a given element in the material
* - element: indexes the element in the material
*
* Unitless
*/
double GetZ(size_t element = 0) const;
/** Get the number of elements in the current material
*/
double GetNumberOfElements() const;
/** Get the mass fraction of a given element in the current material
*/
double GetFraction(size_t element) const;
/** @brief Gets the Nuclear interaction length
*
* Units: cm
*/
double GetNuclearInteractionLength() const;
/** @brief Gets the photon attenuation length
*
* Units: cm
*/
double GetRadiationLength() const;
/** @brief Gets the density
*
* Units: g/cm^3
*/
double GetDensity() const;
/** @brief Get the Geant4 material
*/
G4Material* GetMaterial() const;
/** @brief Get the Geant4 volume
*/
G4VPhysicalVolume* GetPhysicalVolume() const;
private:
/** @brief Private copy constructor. No Copying!
*/
GeometryNavigator(const GeometryNavigator&) {}
/** @brief Privately set the current global position
*
* The only function that can create the _touchable_history object.
*/
void _setPoint(G4ThreeVector);
/** @brief Increment the current position with the displacement provided.
*/
G4ThreeVector _step(G4ThreeVector displacement);
static G4ThreeVector ToG4Vec(ThreeVector v)
{return G4ThreeVector(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());}
static ThreeVector ToMAUSVec(G4ThreeVector v)
{return ThreeVector(v.x(), v.y(), v.z());}
G4VPhysicalVolume* _global_volume;
G4Navigator* _navigator;
G4TouchableHistory* _touchable_history;
G4ThreeVector _current_position;
G4VPhysicalVolume* _current_volume;
G4Material* _current_material;
};
}
#endif // _SRC_COMMON_CPP_UTILS_MAUSGEOMETRYNAVIGATOR_HH_