AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRANSPORT-THEORY OF CHARGED-PARTICLES

An unified description of the transport theory for charged particles i ncluding electrons, ions and atoms has been formulated and is presente d. The main content of the paper includes: the Boltzmann equation and iu different approximations, the theory of electron slowing down spect ra, multiple scattering theory, the theory of deep penetration and the theory of secondary particle emission. The scaling properties of the transport of charged particles are also presented. Although some discu ssion of stochastic (Monte Carlo) methods is included, the main focus of this review is on analytical approaches. Finally, some important un solved problems in the transport theory for charged particles are disc ussed.