Energy losses of muons, pions, protons, and deuterons channeled in Si

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Nov 27;85(22):4731-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4731.

Abstract

The energy loss of positive muons, pions, protons, and deuterons channeled in Si crystals has been investigated by computer simulation. The model considers the individual trajectories of particles inside the target and calculates the electronic energy loss for each particle history. The results show important differences in the energy loss distributions, stopping powers, and straggling values for low and intermediate energies, as a consequence of channeling effects.