Stopping of heavy ions : a theoretical approach /

Stopping of heavy ions : a theoretical approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sigmund, Peter.
Imprint:	Berlin : Springer, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 157 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer tracts in modern physics, 0081-3869 ; 204 Springer tracts in modern physics ; 204.
Subject:	Heavy ion collisions. Heavy ion collisions.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11065333

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ISBN:	9783540444718 3540444718 3540222731 9783540222736
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	This book offers a concise presentation of theoretical concepts characterizing and quantifying the slowing down of swift heavy ions in matter. Although the penetration of charged particles through matter has been studied for almost a hundred years, the quantitative theory for swift penetrating ions heavier than helium has been developed mainly during the past decade and is still progressing rapidly. The book addresses scientists and engineers working at accelerators with an interest in materials analysis and modification, medical diagnostics and therapy, mass spectrometry and radiation damage, as well as atomic and nuclear physicists. Although not a textbook, this monograph represents a unique source of state-of-the-art information that is useful to a university teacher in any course involving the interaction of charged particles with matter.
Other form:	Print version: Sigmund, Peter. Stopping of heavy ions. Berlin : Springer, 2004

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Definitions
Units, Fundamental Constants and Conversion Factors
General Considerations
Electronic Stopping of Point Charges
Electronic Stopping of Dressed Ions
Aggregation Effects
Low-Velocity Electronic Stopping
Survey of Current Theoretical Schemes
Nuclear Stopping
Related Processes
Statistics of Particle Penetration
Straggling
Multiple Scattering
Restricted Nuclear Stopping
Range and Range Straggling
Concluding Remarks