ContinuousProcess.hpp

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// This file is part of the Acts project.
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// Copyright (C) 2018-2020 CERN for the benefit of the Acts project
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#pragma once

#include "Acts/Material/MaterialSlab.hpp"
#include "ActsFatras/EventData/Particle.hpp"

namespace ActsFatras {

template <typename physics_t, typename input_particle_selector_t,
          typename output_particle_selector_t,
          typename child_particle_selector_t = output_particle_selector_t>
struct ContinuousProcess {
  physics_t physics;
  input_particle_selector_t selectInputParticle;
  output_particle_selector_t selectOutputParticle;
  child_particle_selector_t selectChildParticle;

  template <typename generator_t>
  bool operator()(generator_t &generator, const Acts::MaterialSlab &slab,
                  Particle &particle, std::vector<Particle> &generated) const {
    // not selecting this process is not a break condition
    if (not selectInputParticle(particle)) {
      return false;
    }
    // modify particle according to the physics process
    auto children = physics(generator, slab, particle);
    // move selected child particles to the output container
    std::copy_if(std::begin(children), std::end(children),
                 std::back_inserter(generated), selectChildParticle);
    // break condition is defined by whether the output particle is still valid
    // or not e.g. because it has fallen below a momentum threshold.
    return not selectOutputParticle(particle);
  }
};

}  // namespace ActsFatras