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The retardation of alpha particles when capture and loss occur
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
Abstract
The usual formula for the rate of loss of energy by a fast particle contains a factor z2, the square of the charge, which might suggest that He+ should lose energy at a quarter of the rate that He++ does. It is shown that when Born's approximation is applicable the energy-loss is reduced instead by a factor of about ⅝.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 1955 , pp. 121 - 125
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955
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