addHitInfos.cc

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// ghit
#include "ghit.h"
 
// geant4
#include "G4TouchableHistory.hh"
#include "G4VProcess.hh"
 
void GHit::addHitInfosForBitset(const HitBitSet hbs, const G4Step *step) {
 
    auto preStepPoint = step->GetPreStepPoint();
    // auto poststepPoint = step->GetPostStepPoint();
 
    auto touchable = preStepPoint->GetTouchable();
 
    // Get the global positions and transform to local coordinates.
    G4ThreeVector xyz = preStepPoint->GetPosition();
    G4ThreeVector xyzL = touchable->GetHistory()->GetTopTransform().TransformPoint(xyz);
 
    globalPositions.push_back(xyz);
    localPositions.push_back(xyzL);
 
    // Retrieve energy deposition and time information.
    double edep = (step->GetTotalEnergyDeposit()) * (gtouchable->getEnergyMultiplier());
    double time = preStepPoint->GetGlobalTime();
    edeps.push_back(edep);
    times.push_back(time);
 
    // Iterate over each bit and call the helper method to add extra info.
    for (size_t hbIndex = 0; hbIndex < hbs.size(); hbIndex++) {
        addHitInfosForBitIndex(hbIndex, hbs.test(hbIndex), step);
    }
}
 
bool GHit::addHitInfosForBitIndex(size_t bitIndex, const bool test, const G4Step *thisStep) {
 
    if (!test) return false; // If the bit is not set, do nothing.
 
    G4Track *trk = thisStep->GetTrack();
    G4StepPoint *prestep = thisStep->GetPreStepPoint();
 
    // For bit 0: record particle ID, energy, and process name.
    if (bitIndex == 0) {
        pids.push_back(trk->GetDefinition()->GetPDGEncoding());
        Es.push_back(prestep->GetTotalEnergy());
        if (trk->GetCreatorProcess()) {
            processNames.push_back(trk->GetCreatorProcess()->GetProcessName());
        }
    } else if (bitIndex == 1) {
        // Placeholder: record step length and track info.
    } else if (bitIndex == 2) {
        // Placeholder: record mother particle track information.
    } else if (bitIndex == 3) {
        // Placeholder: record meta information.
    } else if (bitIndex == 4) {
        // Placeholder: record optical photon-specific information.
    }
    return true;
}