ActsFatras::BetheHeitler Struct Reference

#include <acts/blob/master/Fatras/include/ActsFatras/Physics/EnergyLoss/BetheHeitler.hpp>

Public Member Functions
template<typename generator_t >
std::array< Particle, 0 >	operator() (generator_t &generator, const Acts::MaterialProperties &slab, Particle &particle) const

Public Attributes
double	scaleFactor = 1.
	A scaling factor to.

Detailed Description

Simulate electron energy loss using the Bethe-Heitler description.

Bethe-Heitler for electron bremsstrahlung description as described here: "A Gaussian-mixture approximation of the Bethe–Heitler model of electron energy loss by bremsstrahlung" R. Frühwirth

Definition at line 24 of file BetheHeitler.hpp.

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Member Function Documentation

template<typename generator_t >

std::array<Particle, 0> ActsFatras::BetheHeitler::operator() ( generator_t &  generator, const Acts::MaterialProperties &  slab, Particle &  particle  ) const

inline

Simulate energy loss and update the particle parameters.

Parameters

[in]	generator	is the random number generator
[in]	slab	defines the passed material
[in,out]	particle	is the particle being updated

Returns

Empty secondaries containers.

Template Parameters

generator_t

is a RandomNumberEngine

Definition at line 37 of file BetheHeitler.hpp.

View newest version in sPHENIX GitHub at line 37 of file BetheHeitler.hpp

References kdfinder::abs(), ActsFatras::Particle::correctEnergy(), ActsFatras::Particle::energy(), scaleFactor, Acts::MaterialProperties::thicknessInX0(), Acts::UnitConstants::u, and z.

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Member Data Documentation

double ActsFatras::BetheHeitler::scaleFactor = 1.

A scaling factor to.

Definition at line 26 of file BetheHeitler.hpp.

View newest version in sPHENIX GitHub at line 26 of file BetheHeitler.hpp

Referenced by operator()().

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

• acts/blob/master/Fatras/include/ActsFatras/Physics/EnergyLoss/BetheHeitler.hpp