MaterialSlab.cpp

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#include "Acts/Material/MaterialSlab.hpp"

#include "Acts/Material/detail/AverageMaterials.hpp"

#include <climits>
#include <limits>
#include <ostream>

static constexpr auto eps = 2 * std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon();

Acts::MaterialSlab::MaterialSlab(float thickness) : m_thickness(thickness) {}

Acts::MaterialSlab::MaterialSlab(const Material& material, float thickness)
    : m_material(material),
      m_thickness(thickness),
      m_thicknessInX0((eps < material.X0()) ? (thickness / material.X0()) : 0),
      m_thicknessInL0((eps < material.L0()) ? (thickness / material.L0()) : 0) {
}

Acts::MaterialSlab::MaterialSlab(const std::vector<MaterialSlab>& layers)
    : MaterialSlab() {
  // NOTE 2020-08-26 msmk
  //   the reduce work best (in the numerical stability sense) if the input
  //   layers are sorted by thickness/mass density. then, the later terms
  //   of the averaging are only small corrections to the large average of
  //   the initial layers. this could be enforced by sorting the layers first,
  //   but i am not sure if this is actually a problem.
  // NOTE yes, this loop is exactly like std::reduce which apparently does not
  //   exist on gcc 8 although it is required by C++17.
  for (const auto& layer : layers) {
    *this = detail::combineSlabs(*this, layer);
  }
}

void Acts::MaterialSlab::scaleThickness(float scale) {
  m_thickness *= scale;
  m_thicknessInX0 *= scale;
  m_thicknessInL0 *= scale;
}

std::ostream& Acts::operator<<(std::ostream& os,
                               const MaterialSlab& materialSlab) {
  os << materialSlab.material() << "|t=" << materialSlab.thickness();
  return os;
}