Energy Loss of Moving Electrons to Dipolar Relaxation
- 1 December 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 92 (5) , 1152-1154
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.92.1152
Abstract
The relation between energy loss of a moving charged particle and dielectric loss in an insulator is analyzed, and a formula giving the rate of energy loss to dielectric relaxation of an electron traversing a dipolar medium is deduced. For an electron having kinetic energy lower than the lowest electronic excitation potential, this interaction makes a substantial contribution to the total energy loss, one often comparable to the loss to molecular or lattice oscillations. Possible applications in physics and in radiobiology are mentioned.Keywords
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