Energy Loss of a Fast Ion in a Plasma
- 1 April 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 126 (1), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.126.1
Abstract
The problem is considered of a fast charged particle injected into a plasma at an energy in excess of plasma thermal energies. Closed expressions are obtained for the behavior of the mean energy as a function of time, and also for the diffusion spread around this mean.Keywords
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