Class PhotoPionProduction

Inheritance Relationships

Base Type

Class Documentation

class PhotoPionProduction : public Module

Photo-pion interactions of nuclei with background photons.

Public Functions

PhotoPionProduction(ref_ptr<PhotonField> photonField, bool photons = false, bool neutrinos = false, bool electrons = false, bool antiNucleons = false, double limit = 0.1, bool haveRedshiftDependence = false)

pion production on a given target photon field

Parameters
  • photonField – target photon field

  • photons – if true, secondary photons are added to the simulation

  • neutrinos – if true, secondary neutrinos are added to the simulation

  • electrons – if true, secondary electrons are added to the simulation

  • antiNucleons – if true, secondary anti nucleons are added to the simulation

  • limit – fraction of the mean free path, to which the propagation step will be limited

  • haveRedshiftDependence – use redshift dependent tabulated loss rates; if false, the redshift scaling of the photon field will be used

void setPhotonField(ref_ptr<PhotonField> photonField)
void setHavePhotons(bool b)
void setHaveNeutrinos(bool b)
void setHaveElectrons(bool b)
void setHaveAntiNucleons(bool b)
void setHaveRedshiftDependence(bool b)
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 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

void initRate(std::string filename)
double nucleonMFP(double gamma, double z, bool onProton) const

get the mean free path (MFP) for a single nucleon. To get the MFP for the full nucleus the nucleonMFP has to be divided by by the nucleiModification factor

Parameters
  • gamma – Lorentz factor of the nucleon

  • z – redshift

  • onProton – true for protons, false for neutrons

double nucleiModification(int A, int X) const

scaling factor for mean free path of the nucleus (converting the MFP of a single nucleon)

Parameters
  • A – mass number of the nucleus

  • X – charge number of the nucleus

virtual void process(Candidate *candidate) const
void performInteraction(Candidate *candidate, bool onProton) const
double lossLength(int id, double gamma, double z = 0)

Calculates the loss length E dx/dE in [m]. This is not used in the simulation.

Parameters
  • id – PDG particle id

  • gamma – Lorentz factor of particle

  • z – redshift

SophiaEventOutput sophiaEvent(bool onProton, double Ein, double eps) const

Direct SOPHIA interface. Output is an object SophiaEventOutput with two vectors “energy” and “id” each of length N (number of out-going particles). The i-th component of each vector corresponds to the same particle. This is not used in the simulation.

Parameters
  • onProton – proton or neutron

  • Ein – energy of nucleon

  • eps – energy of target photon

double sampleEps(bool onProton, double E, double z) const

SOPHIA’s photon sampling method. Returns energy [J] of a photon of the photon field.

Parameters
  • onProton – particle type: proton or neutron

  • E – energy of incoming nucleon [J]

  • z – redshift of incoming nucleon

double probEpsMax(bool onProton, double Ein, double z, double epsMin, double epsMax) const

called by: sampleEps

Parameters
  • onProton – particle type: proton or neutron

  • Ein – energy of incoming nucleon

  • z – redshift of incoming nucleon

  • epsMin – minimum photon energy of field

  • epsMax – maximum photon energy of field

    • output: maximum probability of all photons in field

void setSampleLog(bool log)
void setCorrectionFactor(double factor)
ref_ptr<PhotonField> getPhotonField() const

get functions for the parameters of the class PhotoPionProduction, similar to the set functions

bool getHavePhotons() const
bool getHaveNeutrinos() const
bool getHaveElectrons() const
bool getHaveAntiNucleons() const
bool getHaveRedshiftDependence() const
double getLimit() const
bool getSampleLog() const
double getCorrectionFactor() const
std::string getInteractionTag() const
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 Functions

double functs(double s, bool onProton) const
double probEps(double eps, bool onProton, double Ein, double z) const
double epsMinInteraction(bool onProton, double Ein) const

called by: sampleEps

Parameters
  • onProton – particle type: proton or neutron

  • Ein – energy of incoming nucleon

    • output: labframe energy [eV] of least energetic photon where PPP can occur

double momentum(bool onProton, double Ein) const

called by: probEps, epsMinInteraction

Parameters
  • onProton – particle type: proton or neutron

  • Ein – energy of incoming nucleon

    • output: hadron momentum [GeV/c]

double crossection(double eps, bool onProton) const
double Pl(double eps, double xth, double xMax, double alpha) const
double Ef(double eps, double epsTh, double w) const
double breitwigner(double sigma0, double gamma, double DMM, double epsPrime, bool onProton) const
double mass(bool onProton) const
double sMin() const

Protected Attributes

ref_ptr<PhotonField> photonField
std::vector<double> tabLorentz

Lorentz factor of nucleus.

std::vector<double> tabRedshifts

redshifts (optional for haveRedshiftDependence)

std::vector<double> tabProtonRate

interaction rate in [1/m] for protons

std::vector<double> tabNeutronRate

interaction rate in [1/m] for neutrons

double limit

fraction of mean free path to limit the next step

bool havePhotons
bool haveNeutrinos
bool haveElectrons
bool haveAntiNucleons
bool haveRedshiftDependence
std::string interactionTag = "PPP"
bool sampleLog = true
double correctionFactor = 1.6
mutable size_t _referenceCount