THE ENERGY-LOSS OF ALPHA-PARTICLES TRAVERSING A HYDROGEN PLASMA

Authors
FLIERL HP ENGELBRECHT M ENGELHARDT MP JACOBY J KOLBEL R MEINEKE A SCHEMPP A HOFFMANN DHH
Citation
Hp. Flierl et al., THE ENERGY-LOSS OF ALPHA-PARTICLES TRAVERSING A HYDROGEN PLASMA, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 415(3), 1998, pp. 637-641
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
415
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
637 - 641
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1998)415:3<637:TEOATA>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The energy loss of alpha particles traversing a plasma is enhanced com pared to a gas target of the same particle density due to the higher s topping power of the free plasma electrons. This has been investigated by determining the energy loss of alpha particles (4.5-9 MeV) in a de nse z-pinch plasma (n(e) similar to 10(18) cm(-3)) by a time-of-flight measurement. A decreasing of the energy loss with increasing particle energy in agreement with the theory is shown. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scien ce B.V. All rights reserved.