• Title of article

    The energy loss of alpha particles traversing a hydrogen plasma

  • Author/Authors

    Flierl، نويسنده , , H.-P and Engelbrecht، نويسنده , , M and Engelhardt، نويسنده , , M.P and Jacoby، نويسنده , , J and Kِlbel، نويسنده , , R and Meineke، نويسنده , , A and Schempp، نويسنده , , A and Hoffmann، نويسنده , , D.H.H، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    637
  • To page
    641
  • Abstract
    The energy loss of alpha particles traversing a plasma is enhanced compared to a gas target of the same particle density due to the higher stopping power of the free plasma electrons. This has been investigated by determining the energy loss of alpha particles (4.5–9 MeV) in a dense z-pinch plasma (ne∼1018 cm−3) by a time-of-flight measurement. A decreasing of the energy loss with increasing particle energy in agreement with the theory is shown.
  • Keywords
    Stopping power , z-pinch , inertial confinement fusion , energy loss
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2006572