VolumeMediumProperties Class Reference

#include <VolumeMediumProperties.h>

Public Member Functions
	VolumeMediumProperties (float x0, float xi)
float	x0 () const
float	xi () const

Private Attributes
float	x0_
float	xi_

Detailed Description

Holds constants for estimating material effects in a volume: x0 = rad. length (in cm; used for estimation of multiple scattering) xi = rho(g/cm3) *0.307075[MeV/(g/cm2)] * <Z/A> * 1/2 (used for energy loss acc. to Bethe-Bloch)

Definition at line 11 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

VolumeMediumProperties::VolumeMediumProperties ( float  x0, float  xi  )

inline

Definition at line 14 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

                                              :
    x0_(x0), xi_(xi) {}

Member Function Documentation

float VolumeMediumProperties::x0 ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 18 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

References x0_.

Referenced by VolumeEnergyLossEstimator::computeElectrons(), and VolumeMultipleScatteringEstimator::estimate().

{return x0_;}

float VolumeMediumProperties::xi ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 20 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

References xi_.

Referenced by VolumeEnergyLossEstimator::computeBetheBloch().

{return xi_;}

Member Data Documentation

float VolumeMediumProperties::x0_

private

Definition at line 23 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

Referenced by x0().

float VolumeMediumProperties::xi_

private

Definition at line 24 of file VolumeMediumProperties.h.

Referenced by xi().