VMC physics process codes.
| Enumerator |
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| kPPrimary |
Primary interaction.
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| kPMultipleScattering |
multiple scattering
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| kPCoulombScattering |
single Coulomb scattering
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| kPEnergyLoss |
continuous energy loss
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| kPMagneticFieldL |
bending in mag. field
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| kPDecay |
particle decay
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| kPPair |
photon pair production or muon direct pair production
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| kPCompton |
Compton scattering.
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| kPPhotoelectric |
photoelectric effect
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| kPBrem |
bremsstrahlung
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| kPDeltaRay |
delta-ray production
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| kPAnnihilation |
positron annihilation
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| kPAnnihilationRest |
positron annihilation at rest
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| kPAnnihilationFlight |
positron annihilation in flight
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| kPHadronic |
hadronic interaction
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| kPEvaporation |
nuclear evaporation
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| kPNuclearFission |
nuclear fission
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| kPNuclearAbsorption |
nuclear absorption
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| kPPbarAnnihilation |
antiproton annihilation
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| kPNbarAnnihilation |
antineutron annihilation
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| kPNCapture |
neutron capture
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| kPHElastic |
hadronic elastic scattering
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| kPHIElastic |
hadronic elastic incoherent scattering
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| kPHCElastic |
hadronic elastic coherent scattering
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| kPHInhelastic |
hadronic inelastic scattering
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| kPPhotonInhelastic |
photon inelastic scattering
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| kPMuonNuclear |
muon nuclear interaction
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| kPElectronNuclear |
electron nuclear interaction
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| kPPositronNuclear |
positron nuclear interaction
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| kPPhotoNuclear |
photo nuclear interaction
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| kPTOFlimit |
exceeded time of flight cut
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| kPPhotoFission |
nuclear photofission
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| kPRayleigh |
Rayleigh scattering.
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| kPNull |
no mechanism is active, usually at the entrance of a new volume
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| kPStop |
particle has fallen below energy threshold and tracking stops
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| kPLightAbsorption |
Cerenkov photon absorption.
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| kPLightDetection |
Optical photon detection (absorption + photoelectron production)
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| kPLightScattering |
Cerenkov photon reflection/refraction.
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| kPLightWLShifting |
Optical photon wavelength shifting.
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| kStepMax |
step limited by STEMAX
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| kPCerenkov |
Cerenkov photon generation.
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| kPFeedBackPhoton |
Feed back photon in RICH – ALICE specific.
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| kPLightReflection |
Cerenkov photon reflection.
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| kPLightRefraction |
Cerenkov photon refraction or dichroic mirror transmission.
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| kPSynchrotron |
synchrotron radiation generation
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| kPScintillation |
scintillation
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| kPTransitionRadiation |
transition radiation
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| kPTransportation |
Transportation.
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| kPUserDefined |
User defined process.
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| kPNoProcess |
unknown process
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