scavenger::DetectorConstruction Class Reference

Defines the geometry and scorers for calculating chemical species yields. More...

#include <Doxymodules_medical.h>

Inheritance diagram for scavenger::DetectorConstruction:

Public Member Functions
	DetectorConstruction ()
	~DetectorConstruction () override=default
G4VPhysicalVolume *	Construct () override
void	ConstructSDandField () override

Detailed Description

Defines the geometry and scorers for calculating chemical species yields.

Definition at line 345 of file Doxymodules_medical.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

DetectorConstruction()

scavenger::DetectorConstruction::DetectorConstruction

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Definition at line 47 of file DetectorConstruction.cc.

  : G4VUserDetectorConstruction() {}

~DetectorConstruction()

scavenger::DetectorConstruction::~DetectorConstruction ( )

overridedefault

Member Function Documentation

Construct()

G4VPhysicalVolume * scavenger::DetectorConstruction::Construct ( )

override

Definition at line 52 of file DetectorConstruction.cc.

                                                   {
  // Water is defined from NIST material database
  auto *man = G4NistManager::Instance();
  auto *water = man->FindOrBuildMaterial("G4_WATER");
 
  // World
  G4double world_sizeXYZ = 1. * km;
  auto solidWorld =
    new G4Box("World",
              0.5 * world_sizeXYZ,
              0.5 * world_sizeXYZ,
              0.5 * world_sizeXYZ);
 
  auto logicWorld =
    new G4LogicalVolume(solidWorld,
                        water,
                        "World");
 
  G4VPhysicalVolume *physWorld =
    new G4PVPlacement(nullptr,               //no rotation
                      G4ThreeVector(),       //its position at (0,0,0)
                      logicWorld,            //its logical volume
                      "World",               //its name
                      nullptr,               //its mother  volume
                      false,                 //no boolean operation
                      0,                     //copy number
                      true);                 //checking overlaps
 
  // Visualization attributes
  auto worldVisAtt = new G4VisAttributes(G4Colour(.5, 1.0, .5));
  worldVisAtt->SetVisibility(true);
  logicWorld->SetVisAttributes(worldVisAtt);
  return physWorld;
}

ConstructSDandField()

void scavenger::DetectorConstruction::ConstructSDandField ( )

override

declare World as a MultiFunctionalDetector scorer

Definition at line 89 of file DetectorConstruction.cc.

                                               {
  G4SDManager::GetSDMpointer()->SetVerboseLevel(1);
  /**
   * declare World as a MultiFunctionalDetector scorer
   */
  auto mfDetector = new G4MultiFunctionalDetector("mfDetector");
 
  // Kill primary track after a chosen energy loss OR under a chosen
  // kinetic energy
  auto primaryKiller = new PrimaryKiller("PrimaryKiller");
  primaryKiller->SetMinLossEnergyLimit(500. * eV); // default value
  primaryKiller->SetMaxLossEnergyLimit(1. * keV); // default value
  mfDetector->RegisterPrimitive(primaryKiller);
 
  // Record Species scorer:
  //  - score number of species over time
  //  - score the total energy deposition
  //  - compute the radiochemical yields (G values)
  G4VPrimitiveScorer *gValues = new ScoreSpecies("Species");
  mfDetector->RegisterPrimitive(gValues);
  G4SDManager::GetSDMpointer()->AddNewDetector(mfDetector);
  SetSensitiveDetector("World", mfDetector);
}

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

• .doxygen/Doxymodules_medical.h
• extended/medical/dna/scavenger/include/DetectorConstruction.hh
• extended/medical/dna/scavenger/src/DetectorConstruction.cc