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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