Energy loss in matter: heavy charged particles

23 Setembro 2020, 14:00 Valentina Lozza

  • Cross section
  • Mean free path
  • Process of interaction of radiation with matter: energy loss of heavy particles (alpha, protons,...), formula of Bohr
  • Bethe-Bloch formula
  • Cherenkov radiation + application
Introducing the energy loss of electrons in matter
  • bremsstrahlung and ionisation