gear::SimpleMaterial Class Reference

Abstract interface for a simple material description tjhat hold s the following properties: A, Z, density, radiation length and interaction length. More...

#include <SimpleMaterial.h>

Inheritance diagram for gear::SimpleMaterial:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~SimpleMaterial ()
	Destructor.
virtual const std::string &	getName () const =0
	The material name. More...
virtual double	getA () const =0
	The mass number of the (averaged) material. More...
virtual double	getZ () const =0
	The atomic number of the (averaged) material. More...
virtual double	getDensity () const =0
	Density in kg/m^3. More...
virtual double	getRadLength () const =0
	Radiation length of material in mm. More...
virtual double	getIntLength () const =0
	Interaction length of material in mm. More...

Detailed Description

Abstract interface for a simple material description tjhat hold s the following properties: A, Z, density, radiation length and interaction length.

This will be mainly used to describe averaged materials in a simplified tracking geometry.

Author

F. Gaede, DESY

Version

Id:

Definition at line 20 of file SimpleMaterial.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual double gear::SimpleMaterial::getA ( ) const

pure virtual

The mass number of the (averaged) material.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

virtual double gear::SimpleMaterial::getDensity ( ) const

pure virtual

Density in kg/m^3.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

virtual double gear::SimpleMaterial::getIntLength ( ) const

pure virtual

Interaction length of material in mm.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

virtual const std::string& gear::SimpleMaterial::getName ( ) const

pure virtual

The material name.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

virtual double gear::SimpleMaterial::getRadLength ( ) const

pure virtual

Radiation length of material in mm.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

virtual double gear::SimpleMaterial::getZ ( ) const

pure virtual

The atomic number of the (averaged) material.

Implemented in gear::SimpleMaterialImpl.

Referenced by gear::SimpleMaterialXML::toXML().

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

• SimpleMaterial.h