Problem 398

Summary: Change of energy range for electrons cause a change in energy range for gammas. Why?
Product: Geant4 Reporter: novikova
Component: runAssignee: kurasige
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2    
Version: 4.1   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   

Description novikova 2002-08-01 16:27:08 CEST
If I use the following code in the PhysicsList:

    G4double cutValue = defaultCutValue * 0.001;
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "gamma");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "e-");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "e+");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "proton");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "anti_proton");
    SetCutValueForOthers(cutValue);

I am getting the following table of range and energy cuts:

============= The cut Energy ==============================
                            gamma              e-
Cut in range
               Iron           1 mum           1 mum
           Aluminum           1 mum           1 mum
            Coolant           1 mum           1 mum
        FusedQuartz           1 mum           1 mum
            Silicon           1 mum           1 mum
           Galactic           1 mum           1 mum
Cut in energy
               Iron         990 eV         3.56 keV
           Aluminum         990 eV          990 eV
            Coolant         990 eV          990 eV
        FusedQuartz         990 eV          990 eV
            Silicon         990 eV          990 eV
           Galactic         990 eV          990 eV
===================================================

(the energy cuts are pegged at 990eV).


Then I change the code by adding one line with SetEnergyRange() call *** for
electrons only! ***:

    G4Electron::SetEnergyRange(250*eV, 10*GeV);
    G4double cutValue = defaultCutValue * 0.001;
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "gamma");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "e-");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "e+");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "proton");
    SetCutValue(cutValue, "anti_proton");
    SetCutValueForOthers(cutValue);


I am getting the following table:

============= The cut Energy ==============================
                            gamma              e-
Cut in range
               Iron           1 mum           1 mum
           Aluminum           1 mum           1 mum
            Coolant           1 mum           1 mum
        FusedQuartz           1 mum           1 mum
            Silicon           1 mum           1 mum
           Galactic           1 mum           1 mum
Cut in energy
               Iron         250 eV         3.58 keV
           Aluminum         250 eV          810 eV
            Coolant         250 eV          250 eV
        FusedQuartz         250 eV          617 eV
            Silicon         250 eV          651 eV
           Galactic         250 eV          250 eV
===================================================

My question is, why did the cuts for gamma changed? I didn't touch it, I
changed only the range for the electrons, not for gammas...
Comment 1 kurasige 2002-08-07 08:07:59 CEST
This "EnergyRange" is defined as energy range of physics table for all
processes.  So, EnergyRange is common for all particle types and defined as
"static" and this value.
If you change EnergyRange for a particle type, this value is applied to
all particle types and all processes.