Class NuclearDecay

• Defined in File NuclearDecay.h

Nested Relationships

Nested Types

• Struct NuclearDecay::DecayMode

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

• public Module (Class Module)

Class Documentation

class NuclearDecay : public Module

Nuclear decay of unstable nuclei.

This module simulates the nuclear decay of unstable nuclei using data from NuDat2. All decay modes are considered: alpha, beta+- and gamma decay, as well as proton- and neutron dripping. The resulting non-hadronic secondary particles (e+, e-, neutrinos, gamma) can optionally be created.

For details on the preprocessing of the NuDat2 data refer to “CRPropa3-data/calc_decay.py”.

Public Functions

NuclearDecay(bool electrons = false, bool photons = false, bool neutrinos = false, double limit = 0.1)

Constructor.

Parameters:

• electrons – if true, add secondary photons as candidates

• photons – if true, add secondary photons as candidates

• neutrinos – if true, add secondary neutrinos as candidates

• limit – step size limit as fraction of mean free path

void setLimit(double limit)

Limit the propagation step to a fraction of the mean free path

Parameters:

limit – fraction of the mean free path

void setHaveElectrons(bool b)

void setHavePhotons(bool b)

void setHaveNeutrinos(bool b)

void setInteractionTag(std::string tag)

set a custom interaction tag to trace back this interaction

Parameters:

tag – string that will be added to the candidate and output

std::string getInteractionTag() const

virtual void process(Candidate *candidate) const

void performInteraction(Candidate *candidate, int channel) const

void gammaEmission(Candidate *candidate, int channel) const

void betaDecay(Candidate *candidate, bool isBetaPlus) const

void nucleonEmission(Candidate *candidate, int dA, int dZ) const

double meanFreePath(int id, double gamma)

Return the mean free path. This is not used in the simulation.

Parameters:

• id – PDG particle id

• gamma – Lorentz factor of particle

Returns:

The mean free path [in meters]

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