Class AbstractAccelerationModule

Defined in File Acceleration.h

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

public Module (Class Module)

Derived Types

public DirectedFlowScattering (Class DirectedFlowScattering)
public SecondOrderFermi (Class SecondOrderFermi)

Class Documentation

class AbstractAccelerationModule : public Module 

Core functionallity for acceleration by scattering with scatter centers moving in a velocity field.

The velocity field is implicity implemented in the derived classes for performance reasons. Models for the dependence of the step length of the scatter process are set via modifiers.

Subclassed by DirectedFlowScattering, SecondOrderFermi

Public Functions

AbstractAccelerationModule(double _stepLength = 1. * parsec): The parent’s constructor need to be called on initialization!

void add(StepLengthModifier *modifier)

virtual void process(Candidate *candidate) const

virtual Vector3d scatterCenterVelocity(Candidate *candidate) const = 0: Returns the velocity vector of the scatter centers in the rest frame of the candidate. Needs to be implemented in inheriting classes.

void scatter(Candidate *candidate, const Vector3d &scatter_center_velocity) const: Scatter the candidate with a center with given scatter center velocity into a random direction. Assumes that the candidate is ultra-relativistic (m = 0).

virtual std::string getDescription() const

void setDescription(const std::string &description)

inline void process(ref_ptr<Candidate> candidate) const

inline size_t addReference() const

inline size_t removeReference() const

inline int removeReferenceNoDelete() const

inline size_t getReferenceCount() const

Protected Attributes

mutable size_t _referenceCount