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The retardation of alpha particles when capture and loss occur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. M. C. Scott
J. M. C. Scott
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Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge
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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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Research Article
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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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