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The central quantity characterizing particle stopping is the stopping force or stopping power. For a point particle it is defined as the average loss of kinetic energy E per path length \(\ell\), \(-{d E/d\ell}\). The minus sign defines the stopping force as a positive quantity. ...
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Sigmund, P. Definitions. In: Sigmund, P. (eds) Stopping of Heavy Ions. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 204. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44471-8_2
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