The Dielectric Formalism for Inelastic Processes in High-Energy Ion–Matter Collisions

C.C. MONTANARI; J. E. MIRAGLIA

Advances in QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2013; p. 165 - 201

1. Introduction 166 2. The shellwise local plasma approximation 167 2.1 Historical aspects 167 2.2 Theoretical details: The Levine–Louie dielectric function and the independent-shell approximation 168 3. Energy loss in particle penetration of matter 173 3.1 The SLPA in stopping power of metals for protons 173 3.2 Stopping number and Bethe limit 178 viii Contents 3.3 Stopping for dressed ions 180 4. Energy loss straggling 182 4.1 The SLPA for stopping and straggling of gases 186 5. Ionization probabilities 190 5.1 Total ionization cross sections 191 5.2 Multiple ionization 192 5.3 Differential cross sections 193 6. Conclusions and Future Prospects 195 Acknowledgments 196 References