Charged Particles with Matter

Inelastic collisions of swift, charged particles with matter are completely described by the distribution of generalized oscillator strengths (GOS s) characterizing the collision. These quantities, characteristic of excitation in the N-electron target (or, in fact, of a dressed projectile as well [1]) from some initial state 0) to a final state n) and concomitant momentum transfer, can be written... 

Interaction of Fast Charged Particles with Matter... 

Modeling of Physicochemical and Chemical Processes in the Interactions of Fast Charged Particles with Matter... 

In Chapter 2 of this book, the energy transfer interactions of fast charged particles with matter were discussed from the viewpoint of the incident particle. This chapter will describe and examine the consequences of energy deposition in matter with the goal of providing an understanding of the physico-chemical and chemical processes involved. 

The absolute values of the photoabsorption, photoionization, and photodissociation cross sections are key quantities in investigating not only the interaction of photons with molecules but also the interaction of any high-energy charged particle with matter. The methods to measure these, the real-photon and virtual-photon methods, are described and compared with each other. An overview is presented of photoabsorption cross sections and photoionization quantum yields for normal alkanes, C H2 + 2 n = 1 ), as a function of the incident photon energy in the vacuum ultraviolet range and of the number of carbon atoms in the alkane molecule. Some future problems are also given. 

Turner, J.E. 2007. Interaction of heavy charged particles with matter. In Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 3rd edn. Wiley, Berlin, Germany, Chapter 5. 

Mozumder A (2004) Interactions of fast charged particles with matter. In Mozumder A, Hatano Y (eds) Charged particle and photon interactions with matter chemical, physicochemical and biological consequences with applications. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 9-29... 

Standardization for charged particle activation analysis is more complicated than for neutron and photon activation analysis. This is a result of the strong interaction of charged particles with matter, resulting in limited ranges of these particles. 

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