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// $Id: G4OpRayleigh.cc,v 1.17 2008/10/24 19:51:12 gum Exp $
// GEANT4 tag $Name: geant4-09-02 $
//
// 
// Optical Photon Rayleigh Scattering Class Implementation
//
// File:        DsG4OpRayleigh.cc 
// Description: Discrete Process -- Rayleigh scattering of optical 
//              photons  
// Version:     1.0
// Created:     1996-05-31  
// Author:      Juliet Armstrong
// Updated:     2005-07-28 - add G4ProcessType to constructor
//              2001-10-18 by Peter Gumplinger
//              eliminate unused variable warning on Linux (gcc-2.95.2)
//              2001-09-18 by mma
//              >numOfMaterials=G4Material::GetNumberOfMaterials() in BuildPhy
//              2001-01-30 by Peter Gumplinger
//              > allow for positiv and negative CosTheta and force the
//              > new momentum direction to be in the same plane as the
//              > new and old polarization vectors
//              2001-01-29 by Peter Gumplinger
//              > fix calculation of SinTheta (from CosTheta)
//              1997-04-09 by Peter Gumplinger
//              > new physics/tracking scheme
// mail:        gum@triumf.ca
//

#include "G4ios.hh"
#include "G4OpProcessSubType.hh"

#include "DsG4OpRayleigh.h"

// Class Implementation

        // Operators

// DsG4OpRayleigh::operator=(const DsG4OpRayleigh &right)
// {
// }

        // Constructors

DsG4OpRayleigh::DsG4OpRayleigh(const G4String& processName, G4ProcessType type)
           : G4VDiscreteProcess(processName, type)
{
        SetProcessSubType(fOpRayleigh);

        thePhysicsTable = 0;

        DefaultWater = false;

        if (verboseLevel>0) {
           G4cout << GetProcessName() << " is created " << G4endl;
        }

        BuildThePhysicsTable();
}

// DsG4OpRayleigh::DsG4OpRayleigh(const DsG4OpRayleigh &right)
// {
// }

        // Destructors

DsG4OpRayleigh::~DsG4OpRayleigh()
{
        if (thePhysicsTable!= 0) {
           thePhysicsTable->clearAndDestroy();
           delete thePhysicsTable;
        }
}

        // Methods

// PostStepDoIt
// -------------
//
G4VParticleChange* 
DsG4OpRayleigh::PostStepDoIt(const G4Track& aTrack, const G4Step& aStep)
{
        aParticleChange.Initialize(aTrack);

        const G4DynamicParticle* aParticle = aTrack.GetDynamicParticle();

        if (verboseLevel>0) {
                G4cout << "Scattering Photon!" << G4endl;
                G4cout << "Old Momentum Direction: "
                     << aParticle->GetMomentumDirection() << G4endl;
                G4cout << "Old Polarization: "
                     << aParticle->GetPolarization() << G4endl;
        }

        // find polar angle w.r.t. old polarization vector

        G4double rand = G4UniformRand();

        G4double CosTheta = std::pow(rand, 1./3.);
        G4double SinTheta = std::sqrt(1.-CosTheta*CosTheta);

        if(G4UniformRand() < 0.5)CosTheta = -CosTheta;

        // find azimuthal angle w.r.t old polarization vector 

        rand = G4UniformRand();

        G4double Phi = twopi*rand;
        G4double SinPhi = std::sin(Phi); 
        G4double CosPhi = std::cos(Phi); 
        
        G4double unit_x = SinTheta * CosPhi; 
        G4double unit_y = SinTheta * SinPhi;  
        G4double unit_z = CosTheta; 
        
        G4ThreeVector NewPolarization (unit_x,unit_y,unit_z);

        // Rotate new polarization direction into global reference system 

        G4ThreeVector OldPolarization = aParticle->GetPolarization();
        OldPolarization = OldPolarization.unit();

        NewPolarization.rotateUz(OldPolarization);
        NewPolarization = NewPolarization.unit();
        
        // -- new momentum direction is normal to the new
        // polarization vector and in the same plane as the
        // old and new polarization vectors --

        G4ThreeVector NewMomentumDirection = 
                              OldPolarization - NewPolarization * CosTheta;

        if(G4UniformRand() < 0.5)NewMomentumDirection = -NewMomentumDirection;
        NewMomentumDirection = NewMomentumDirection.unit();

        aParticleChange.ProposePolarization(NewPolarization);

        aParticleChange.ProposeMomentumDirection(NewMomentumDirection);

        if (verboseLevel>0) {
                G4cout << "New Polarization: " 
                     << NewPolarization << G4endl;
                G4cout << "Polarization Change: "
                     << *(aParticleChange.GetPolarization()) << G4endl;  
                G4cout << "New Momentum Direction: " 
                     << NewMomentumDirection << G4endl;
                G4cout << "Momentum Change: "
                     << *(aParticleChange.GetMomentumDirection()) << G4endl; 
        }

        return G4VDiscreteProcess::PostStepDoIt(aTrack, aStep);
}

// BuildThePhysicsTable for the Rayleigh Scattering process
// --------------------------------------------------------
//
void DsG4OpRayleigh::BuildThePhysicsTable()
{
//      Builds a table of scattering lengths for each material

        if (thePhysicsTable) return;

        const G4MaterialTable* theMaterialTable=
                               G4Material::GetMaterialTable();
        G4int numOfMaterials = G4Material::GetNumberOfMaterials();

        // create a new physics table

        thePhysicsTable = new G4PhysicsTable(numOfMaterials);

        // loop for materials

        for (G4int i=0 ; i < numOfMaterials; i++)
        {
            G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector* ScatteringLengths =
                                new G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector();

            G4MaterialPropertiesTable *aMaterialPropertiesTable =
                         (*theMaterialTable)[i]->GetMaterialPropertiesTable();
                                                                                
            if(aMaterialPropertiesTable){

              G4MaterialPropertyVector* AttenuationLengthVector =
                            aMaterialPropertiesTable->GetProperty("RAYLEIGH");

              if(!AttenuationLengthVector){

                if ((*theMaterialTable)[i]->GetName() == "/dd/Materials/Water" || 
                    (*theMaterialTable)[i]->GetName() == "/dd/Materials/OwsWater" ||
                    (*theMaterialTable)[i]->GetName() == "/dd/Materials/IwsWater"
                    )
                {
                   // Call utility routine to Generate
                   // Rayleigh Scattering Lengths

                   DefaultWater = true;

                   ScatteringLengths =
                   RayleighAttenuationLengthGenerator(aMaterialPropertiesTable);
                }
              }
            }

            thePhysicsTable->insertAt(i,ScatteringLengths);
        } 
}

// GetMeanFreePath()
// -----------------
//
G4double DsG4OpRayleigh::GetMeanFreePath(const G4Track& aTrack,
                                     G4double ,
                                     G4ForceCondition* )
{
        const G4DynamicParticle* aParticle = aTrack.GetDynamicParticle();
        const G4Material* aMaterial = aTrack.GetMaterial();

        G4double thePhotonEnergy = aParticle->GetTotalEnergy();

        G4double AttenuationLength = DBL_MAX;

        if ((strcmp(aMaterial->GetName(), "/dd/Materials/Water") == 0 ||
             strcmp(aMaterial->GetName(), "/dd/Materials/OwsWater") == 0 ||
             strcmp(aMaterial->GetName(), "/dd/Materials/IwsWater") == 0 )
            && DefaultWater){

           G4bool isOutRange;

           AttenuationLength =
                (*thePhysicsTable)(aMaterial->GetIndex())->
                           GetValue(thePhotonEnergy, isOutRange);
        }
        else {

           G4MaterialPropertiesTable* aMaterialPropertyTable =
                           aMaterial->GetMaterialPropertiesTable();

           if(aMaterialPropertyTable){
             G4MaterialPropertyVector* AttenuationLengthVector =
                   aMaterialPropertyTable->GetProperty("RAYLEIGH");
             if(AttenuationLengthVector){
               AttenuationLength = AttenuationLengthVector ->
                                    GetProperty(thePhotonEnergy);
             }
             else{
//               G4cout << "No Rayleigh scattering length specified" << G4endl;
             }
           }
           else{
//             G4cout << "No Rayleigh scattering length specified" << G4endl; 
           }
        }

        return AttenuationLength;
}

// RayleighAttenuationLengthGenerator()
// ------------------------------------
// Private method to compute Rayleigh Scattering Lengths (for water)
//
G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector* 
DsG4OpRayleigh::RayleighAttenuationLengthGenerator(G4MaterialPropertiesTable *aMPT) 
{
        // Physical Constants

        // isothermal compressibility of water
        G4double betat = 7.658e-23*m3/MeV;

        // K Boltzman
        G4double kboltz = 8.61739e-11*MeV/kelvin;

        // Temperature of water is 10 degrees celsius
        // conversion to kelvin:
        // TCelsius = TKelvin - 273.15 => 273.15 + 10 = 283.15
        G4double temp = 283.15*kelvin;

        // Retrieve vectors for refraction index
        // and photon energy from the material properties table

        G4MaterialPropertyVector* Rindex = aMPT->GetProperty("RINDEX");

        G4double refsq;
        G4double e;
        G4double xlambda;
        G4double c1, c2, c3, c4;
        G4double Dist;
        G4double refraction_index;

        G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector *RayleighScatteringLengths = 
                                new G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector();

        if (Rindex ) {

           Rindex->ResetIterator();

           while (++(*Rindex)) {

                e = (Rindex->GetPhotonEnergy());

                refraction_index = Rindex->GetProperty();
                refsq = refraction_index*refraction_index;
                xlambda = h_Planck*c_light/e;

                if (verboseLevel>0) {
                        G4cout << Rindex->GetPhotonEnergy() << " MeV\t";
                        G4cout << xlambda << " mm\t";
                }

                c1 = 1 / (6.0 * pi);
                c2 = std::pow((2.0 * pi / xlambda), 4);
                c3 = std::pow( ( (refsq - 1.0) * (refsq + 2.0) / 3.0 ), 2);
                c4 = betat * temp * kboltz;

                Dist = 1.0 / (c1*c2*c3*c4);

                if (verboseLevel>0) {
                        G4cout << Dist << " mm" << G4endl;
                }
                RayleighScatteringLengths->
                        InsertValues(Rindex->GetPhotonEnergy(), Dist);
           }

        }

        return RayleighScatteringLengths;
}

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