Re: Problem with Cerenkov process ?

From: Rene Brun <brun_at_pcroot.cern.ch>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:40:07 +0200 (MEST)


Hi Denis,

yesterday Ivana told me that she was leaving today for holidays. I do not know for how long. You will probably get an answer only when Ivana will be back.

Rene

On Fri, 24
Jun 2005, Denis Bertini wrote:

> Hello ,
>
> I have just updated my libraries to geant4.7.0 patch01 and geant4_vmc1.6.
> I have a application that works with Geant3 either native geometry or with
> TGeo.
> When i switch to geant4 , the cerenkov particle are not generated.
> I set Optical Material Properties using the method from TVirtualMC:
>
> gMC->SetCerenkov(Mid, NK, ppckov,absco, effic,
> rindex);
>
> I controlled that those values are correctly transfered to the G4
> definition when
> converting TGeo classes to G4 ones.
> I used the standard VMC physics list definition,
> and in my g4config.in macro the following definition for processes :
> /mcPhysics/setEM true
> /mcPhysics/setMuon true
> /mcPhysics/setHadron true
> /mcPhysics/setOptical true
> /mcPhysics/rangeCut 1.
>
> if i test with the (pDGCode == 50000050) i found that no Cerenkov photons
> are generated.
> Any hints ?
> regards,
> Denis
> Bertini
>
>
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