fix(gpuraytrace): add multi-component scintillation genstep collection#272
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diff --git a/src/GPURaytrace.h b/src/GPURaytrace.h
index 03318df..027866d 100644
--- a/src/GPURaytrace.h
+++ b/src/GPURaytrace.h
@@ -527,2 +527,2 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- const G4int tcKeys[3] = {kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT2, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT3};
- const G4int yieldKeys[3] = {kSCINTILLATIONYIELD1, kSCINTILLATIONYIELD2, kSCINTILLATIONYIELD3};
+ const G4int tcKeys[3] = { kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT2, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT3 };
+ const G4int yieldKeys[3] = { kSCINTILLATIONYIELD1, kSCINTILLATIONYIELD2, kSCINTILLATIONYIELD3 };
@@ -530,2 +530,2 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- G4double tc[3] = {0, 0, 0};
- G4double yield[3] = {0, 0, 0};
+ G4double tc[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
+ G4double yield[3] = { 0, 0, 0 };
@@ -533 +533 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- G4int nComp = 0;
+ G4int nComp = 0;
@@ -535 +535 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- for (G4int c = 0; c < 3; c++)
+ for( G4int c = 0; c < 3; c++ )
@@ -537 +537 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- if (MPT->ConstPropertyExists(tcKeys[c]))
+ if( MPT->ConstPropertyExists( tcKeys[c] ) )
@@ -539,4 +539,4 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- tc[c] = MPT->GetConstProperty(tcKeys[c]);
- yield[c] = MPT->ConstPropertyExists(yieldKeys[c])
- ? MPT->GetConstProperty(yieldKeys[c])
- : (c == 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0);
+ tc[c] = MPT->GetConstProperty( tcKeys[c] );
+ yield[c] = MPT->ConstPropertyExists( yieldKeys[c] )
+ ? MPT->GetConstProperty( yieldKeys[c] )
+ : ( c == 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0 );
@@ -548,3 +548,3 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- G4AutoLock lock(&genstep_mutex);
- G4int nRemaining = fNumPhotons;
- for (G4int c = 0; c < nComp; c++)
+ G4AutoLock lock( &genstep_mutex );
+ G4int nRemaining = fNumPhotons;
+ for( G4int c = 0; c < nComp; c++ )
@@ -553 +553 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- if (c == nComp - 1)
+ if( c == nComp - 1 )
@@ -556 +556 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- nPhotComp = static_cast<G4int>(fNumPhotons * yield[c] / yieldSum);
+ nPhotComp = static_cast<G4int>( fNumPhotons * yield[c] / yieldSum );
@@ -559,2 +559,2 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- if (nPhotComp > 0)
- U4::CollectGenstep_DsG4Scintillation_r4695(aTrack, aStep, nPhotComp, c + 1, tc[c]);
+ if( nPhotComp > 0 )
+ U4::CollectGenstep_DsG4Scintillation_r4695( aTrack, aStep, nPhotComp, c + 1, tc[c] );
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Used clang-format v20.1.2
Click here for the full clang-format patch
diff --git a/src/GPURaytrace.h b/src/GPURaytrace.h
index 03318df..2a27b24 100644
--- a/src/GPURaytrace.h
+++ b/src/GPURaytrace.h
@@ -527 +527,2 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- const G4int tcKeys[3] = {kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT2, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT3};
+ const G4int tcKeys[3] = {kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1, kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT2,
+ kSCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT3};
@@ -540,3 +541,2 @@ struct SteppingAction : G4UserSteppingAction
- yield[c] = MPT->ConstPropertyExists(yieldKeys[c])
- ? MPT->GetConstProperty(yieldKeys[c])
- : (c == 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0);
+ yield[c] = MPT->ConstPropertyExists(yieldKeys[c]) ? MPT->GetConstProperty(yieldKeys[c])
+ : (c == 0 ? 1.0 : 0.0);
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@copilot Fix all style-only issues reported by the cpp-linter CI job on this PR. |
Fixed in commit 4ce08ad. Applied clang-format Microsoft style to
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@ggalgoczi this diff does not look like style-only change |
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| nPhotComp = nRemaining; // last component gets remainder | ||
| else | ||
| nPhotComp = static_cast<G4int>(fNumPhotons * yield[c] / yieldSum); |
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When nComp == 3, this branch gives all rounding remainder to component 3 (nPhotComp = nRemaining), but Geant4’s G4Scintillation::PostStepDoIt computes component 3 as yield3/sum * fNumPhotons (no remainder redistribution). That means the GPU gensteps can overpopulate the slow component (especially for low fNumPhotons, e.g. 1–2 photons/step), which breaks CPU/GPU agreement for 3-component scintillation timing in this path.
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Previously only SCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1 (fast, 7ns) was used for all scintillation photons, missing the slow component (1400ns, 25% yield). This caused GPU to produce zero hits with arrival time >100ns while G4 consistently showed 20% of hits in the 100-11000ns range. Now reads up to 3 scintillation components from the material properties (SCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1/2/3, SCINTILLATIONYIELD1/2/3), splits the photon count proportionally, and creates separate gensteps for each component with its own time constant. Validated: full-distribution KS p=0.84 (GPU vs G4), tail fraction GPU 18.5% vs G4 20.4%, max time GPU 7834ns vs G4 7511ns.
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I repeat my comment from above: @ggalgoczi this diff does not look like style-only change |
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I have renamed the PR. Codex review is wrong again. The Codex bug is backwards. Our code actually preserves the total photon count (no rounding loss), while G4 can lose photons due to independent rounding. Our approach is arguably more correct: it ensures sum(nPhotComp) == fNumPhotons exactly. G4's independent rounding can produce fewer photons than the total. |
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@copilot update PR description to match actual diff |
PR description updated to accurately reflect the actual changes: the main functional change (multi-component scintillation genstep collection) plus the clang-format style fix applied to the new code. |
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@ggalgoczi The PR description mentions only the clang-formatting changes. Please update it so that it reflects the actual change. It would also be helpful to explain why this was changed. |
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@plexoos good catch, updated |
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Why is this a requirement? I do not see any regressions in the current tests. |
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More findings for you to consider:
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@plexoos did you finish with reviewing this PR? |
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Besides what was mentioned above, I don't have any new comments at the moment. |
Thanks. Just to be clear, can you confirm the review is complete and you have no further changes to request? I'd like to address everything in one pass rather than in multiple rounds. |
Fair. I should use the review button to indicate my intentions. |
Thanks, appreciate it! Getting into implementing what's needed here. |
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Address one substantive review point and the still-failing cpp-linter
check on the multi-component scintillation block in src/GPURaytrace.h.
1. yieldSum > 0 guard. If a material misconfigures yields such that
they sum to zero or negative (e.g. all SCINTILLATIONYIELDn explicitly
set to 0), the proportional split would divide by zero. Warn and
fall back to a single component carrying the full photon count.
2. clang-format AlignConsecutiveDeclarations on the touched lines
('G4int nComp', 'G4int nRemaining') — cpp-linter runs with
lines-changed-only=true and flagged these as the last remaining
format violations on this PR's modified region.
Yield-fallback and proportional-split logic intentionally unchanged:
both already match Geant4 v11's G4Scintillation::PostStepDoIt
(yield_n defaults to 0 when SCINTILLATIONYIELDn is absent;
deterministic numPhot = yield_n / sum_yields * fNumPhotons), so any
divergence here would break GPU<->CPU agreement rather than fix it.
…metry The test material defined SCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1, TIMECONSTANT2, COMPONENT1, COMPONENT2, and YIELD1 (= YIELD_RATIO = 0.8), but no SCINTILLATIONYIELD2. Under Geant4 v11's G4Scintillation, yield2 defaults to 0 when SCINTILLATIONYIELD2 is absent (xrays/src/ G4Scintillation.cc:321-323), so 100% of scintillation photons land in the fast component — the slow time constant is configured but unused. The intent (preserved by the legacy YIELDRATIO property at line 66) is 80% fast / 20% slow, which is the G4 10.x semantics. Migrate to v11 correctly by adding YIELD_RATIO_SLOW = 0.2 and SCINTILLATIONYIELD2. This also lets the multi-component genstep logic in src/GPURaytrace.h exercise both components on the in-repo CI test (test_GPURaytrace.sh's "cerenkov_scintillation" case). Total photon counts are unchanged because G4 normalises by sum_yields, so the existing hit-count expectations in that test still apply.
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Pushed two commits addressing the actionable items. However I do not agree with two of the three correctness findings with G4 source references. (1) Added a |
GPU genstep collection was only using SCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT1 (fast component, τ=7ns). LAr has a 25% slow component (SCINTILLATIONTIMECONSTANT2, τ=1400ns) that was never collected. This caused GPU to produce zero hits with arrival time >100ns while Geant4 showed 20% of hits in the 100-11,000ns range.
Scintillation fix (src/GPURaytrace.h):
Shall be merged after rest of the wavelength shifting PRs