Fermi-Teller theory of low-velocity ionization losses applied to monopoles

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:7058539

Ritson, D M

The Fermi-Teller theory was originally used to predict the stopping, by ionization losses, of slow charged particles in materials. The theory is based on a calculation of the energy cost to a uniform Fermi sea. However, the Fermi velocity cancels out in the derivation, so the calculated results also apply to a Thomas-Fermi atom, in which each volume element is considered to be a Fermi sea filled to the top of the potential well with atomic electrons. An outline is presented of the modifications required to make the Fermi-Teller theory valid for a slow monopole traversing an insulator using the Thomas-Fermi model of the atom. (GHT)

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76ER00850; AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 7058539
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-2950; CONF-820709-2; ON: DE82022255
• Resource Relation: Conference: SLAC summer institute on particle physics, Stanford, CA, USA, 17 Jul 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
MONOPOLES
ENERGY LOSSES
SLOWING-DOWN
FERMI GAS
IONIZATION
THEORETICAL DATA
THOMAS-FERMI MODEL
ATOMIC MODELS
DATA
INFORMATION
LOSSES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL DATA
657002* - Theoretical & Mathematical Physics- Classical & Quantum Mechanics