Medida de uma curva contínua do poder de freamento de partículas alfa em Al na região do pico de Bragg / Mensure of the stopping power continuous curve for alpha particles in Al foils around the Bragg peak energy

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2008

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We present in this work experimental energy loss curves for alpha particles in Al foils around the Bragg peak energy. Our method is based on an integration of the energy spectrum, combining elastic scattering in thick targets with transmission method, providing an almost continuous energy loss curve with $2-3\%$ precision. To achieve this precision we perform two independent measurements of energy spectra. The first one consist of a traditional elastic scattering measurement in thick foil and the second one consists of adding the absorver foil in front of the detector. The energy spectrum from the second measurement shows a shift to lower energies when compared to the one obtained in the first measurement. Through the analysis of the partial areas under the spectra the energy loss curve can be obtained. We also developed a new method to obtain the corresponding experimental stopping power curve, through a global analysis of the energy loss measurements. First, the stopping power of alpha particles in Al, obtained from the literature is parametrized with a convenient six parameters expression. Then we fit the experimental energy loss curve, with the energy loss derived from the stopping power fit using a chi^2 fitting method. From this fitting procedure we obtain a new set of parameters and the experimental stopping power curve is determined. Our results are compared with other experimental data and semi-empirical parametrization found in the literature.

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perda de energia stopping power íons energy low. stopping power poder de freamento íon

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