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Nonlinear Z correction to the stopping power in a hot electron gas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Khiet Tu
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France

Abstract

We develop a renormalized technique to evaluate the stopping power for a test ion traversing a hot classical plasma. We show that the linear description of energy loss begins to break down at a distance much greater than the classical distance of closest approach. The close-collision contribution to the stopping power is on the same footing as that for distant collision. As a new result, we show the existence of nonanalytical terms in addition to the usual Z2 contribution to the stopping power.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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