Energy loss and straggling of alpha-particles in Ag and Sn metallic foils

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作者
Kumar, Sunil [1 ]
Diwan, P. K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Kurukshetra Univ, Dept Appl Sci, UIET, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India
关键词
Energy loss; dE/dx; Straggling; alpha-Particles; Metallic foils;
D O I
10.1016/j.jrras.2015.06.005
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Energy loss and straggling in Ag and Sn metallic foils for a-particles, using Am-241 source, are measured. The measured energy loss values are compared with the predicted values based on Benton and Henke, Grande and Schiwietz (CasP), Ziegler et al. (SRIM) formulations and ICRU-49 report (ASTAR). Also, measured straggling values of alpha-particles are compared with the computed values adopting practically used four collisional (Bohr, Lindhard and Scharff, Bethee-Livingston, Titeica) formulations and one collisional plus charge exchange (Yang et al.) straggling formulation. The aim of the comparison is to identify the best energy loss and straggling formulation. Copyright (C) 2015, The Egyptian Society of Radiation Sciences and Applications. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:538 / 543
页数:6
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