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ElectricFieldReader: add Parabolic and Custom Fields

Simon Spannagel requested to merge efield_parabolic into master

This MR introduces parabolic electric fields to simulate double-peaked electric fields of irradiated sensor, and also adds the option to use custom-defined analytic fields in three dimensions:

Parabolic fields

[ElectricFieldReader]
model = "parabolic"
# In local coordinates of the sensor, i.e. 100um below the center of the sensor along z:
minimum_position = -100um
minimum_field = 5200V/cm
maximum_field = 10000V/cm

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Custom fields

1D field (only along z), replicating field above:

[ElectricFieldReader]
model = "custom"
field_function = "[0]*z*z + [1]"
field_parameters = 10000V/mm/mm/mm, 5000V/cm

3D field:

[ElectricFieldReader]
model = "custom"
# Parabolic in x and y, linear in z:
field_function = "[0]*x*x","[0]*y*y","[0]*z + [1]"
field_parameters = 12500V/mm/mm/mm, 12500V/mm/mm/mm, 6000V/cm/cm, 5000V/cm

Prerequisites

This MR builds on top of !483 (merged) which should be reviewed and merged first.

Also, I have a dozen new tests for this module but can't commit them yet because this depends on MRs !488 (merged) and !491 (merged) which should be reviewed and merged first.

Edited by Simon Spannagel

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