SensitiveDetector Class Reference

The IR Sensitive Detector class. More...

#include <SensitiveDetector.h>

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Public Member Functions
	SensitiveDetector ()
	Constructor. More...
bool	step (G4Step *aStep, G4TouchableHistory *) override
	Process each step and calculate variables defined in IRSimHit. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static const std::map< std::string, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction > &	getMCParticleRelations ()
	Return a list of all registered Relations with MCParticles.
static void	setActive (bool activeStatus)
	Enable/Disable all Sensitive Detectors. More...
static void	registerMCParticleRelation (const std::string &name, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction ignoreAction=RelationArray::c_negativeWeight)
	Register an relation involving MCParticles. More...
static void	registerMCParticleRelation (const RelationArray &relation, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction ignoreAction=RelationArray::c_negativeWeight)
	Overload to make it easer to register MCParticle relations. More...

Private Member Functions
virtual bool	ProcessHits (G4Step *aStep, G4TouchableHistory *aROhist)
	Check if recording hits is enabled and if so call step() and set the correct MCParticle flag. More...

Private Attributes
Const::EDetector	m_subdetector
	Subdetector the class belongs to.

Static Private Attributes
static std::map< std::string, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction >	s_mcRelations
	Static set holding all relations which have to be updated at the end of the Event.
static bool	s_active
	Static bool which indicates wether recording of hits is enabled.

Detailed Description

The IR Sensitive Detector class.

This class stores Geant4 steps (pieces of tracks) in the IR acitve sensors to IRSimHits. The steps are not aggregated and are intended to be directly digitized. The IRSimHits are saved in a DataStore collection together with their relations to MCParticles (actually, the relations are indexed by trackIDs rather than MCParticles, the relations to MCParticles are later restored by the framework.

The threshold parameter defines minimum energy that a Geant4 step has to deposit to be saved in the DataStore. It is a dimensionless number defining the fraction of a MIP deposition per unit path length.

Detection of photons. The original version only stores hits from charged tracks, meaning that only pair production is taken into account for photons. In this version, also photoeffect and Compton scattering are taken into account.

Based on the implementation of the Mokka VXD sensitive detector class.

Author

Z. Drasal, Charles University Prague (based on TRKSD00 sens. detector)

P. Kvasnicka, Charles University Prague (basf2 implementation)

Definition at line 41 of file SensitiveDetector.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SensitiveDetector()

SensitiveDetector

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Constructor.

Parameters

sensorInfo

SensorInfo instance of the Sensor

Definition at line 38 of file SensitiveDetector.cc.

                                         :
      Simulation::SensitiveDetectorBase("IR ", Const::IR)
    {
      StoreArray<MCParticle> mcParticles;
      StoreArray<IRSimHit>  irSimHits;
      RelationArray  irSimHitRel(mcParticles, irSimHits);
      registerMCParticleRelation(irSimHitRel);
    }

Member Function Documentation

ProcessHits()

bool ProcessHits ( G4Step *  aStep, G4TouchableHistory *  aROhist  )

inlineprivatevirtualinherited

Check if recording hits is enabled and if so call step() and set the correct MCParticle flag.

Called by Geant4 for each step inside the sensitive volumes attached

Definition at line 94 of file SensitiveDetectorBase.h.

registerMCParticleRelation() [1/2]

static void registerMCParticleRelation ( const RelationArray &  relation, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction  ignoreAction = RelationArray::c_negativeWeight  )

inlinestaticinherited

Overload to make it easer to register MCParticle relations.

Parameters

relation	RelationArray to register
ignoreAction

Definition at line 66 of file SensitiveDetectorBase.h.

registerMCParticleRelation() [2/2]

void registerMCParticleRelation ( const std::string &  name, RelationArray::EConsolidationAction  ignoreAction = RelationArray::c_negativeWeight  )

staticinherited

Register an relation involving MCParticles.

All Relations which point from an MCParticle to something have to be registered with addMCParticleRelation() because the index of the MCParticles might change at the end of the event. During simulation, the TrackID should be used as index of the MCParticle

Parameters

name	Name of the relation to register
ignoreAction

Definition at line 22 of file SensitiveDetectorBase.cc.

setActive()

static void setActive ( bool  activeStatus )

inlinestaticinherited

Enable/Disable all Sensitive Detectors.

By default, all sensitive detectors won't create hits to make it possible to use the Geant4 Navigator for non-simulation purposes. Only during simulation the sensitive detectors will be enabled to record hits

Parameters

activeStatus

bool to indicate wether hits should be recorded

Definition at line 50 of file SensitiveDetectorBase.h.

step()

G4bool step ( G4Step *  aStep, G4TouchableHistory *    )

overridevirtual

Process each step and calculate variables defined in IRSimHit.

Parameters

aStep

Current Geant4 step in the sensitive medium.

Returns

true if a hit was stored, o.w. false.

Implements SensitiveDetectorBase.

Definition at line 47 of file SensitiveDetector.cc.

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

• ir/simulation/include/SensitiveDetector.h
• ir/simulation/src/SensitiveDetector.cc