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CSDA Ranges in Continuous Slowing Down Approximation

Nuclear stopping powers are calculated using the relation between deflection angles and energy transfers to recoiling atoms from elastic collisions. For protons, the Thomas-Fermi screened potential is used, while for alpha particles the universal ion-atom potential is used. Uncertainties in nuclear stopping powers for alpha particles are estimated to be between 5-20% depending on the energy, from 100 keV down to 1 keV. Continuous slowing down approximation (CSDA) ranges are calculated by integrating the reciprocal of total stopping power with respect to energy, and projected ranges are obtained using a transport calculation that considers elastic scattering cross sections.

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CSDA Ranges in Continuous Slowing Down Approximation

Nuclear stopping powers are calculated using the relation between deflection angles and energy transfers to recoiling atoms from elastic collisions. For protons, the Thomas-Fermi screened potential is used, while for alpha particles the universal ion-atom potential is used. Uncertainties in nuclear stopping powers for alpha particles are estimated to be between 5-20% depending on the energy, from 100 keV down to 1 keV. Continuous slowing down approximation (CSDA) ranges are calculated by integrating the reciprocal of total stopping power with respect to energy, and projected ranges are obtained using a transport calculation that considers elastic scattering cross sections.

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3.5.3. Nuclear Stopping Powers.

Cross sections for the elastic scattering of charged particles by atoms are obtained
by a classical-mechanics orbit calculation, using the method of Everhart, Stone and
Carbone (1955). For protons the screened potential is assumed to be the ThomasFermi potential as parameterized by Molire (1947). For alpha particles, the
"universal" ion-atom potential of Ziegler, Biersack and Littmark (1985) is used.
Nuclear stopping powers are calculated using the relation between the deflection
angles and the energy transfers to the recoiling atom in elastic collisions.
In ICRU (1993) the uncertainties of nuclear stopping powers for alpha particles are
estimated to be 5 % to 10 % at 100 keV, 10 % at 10 keV, and 10 % to 20 % at
1 keV.
3.5.4. CSDA and Projected Ranges.
CSDA ranges are calculated in the continuous-slowing-down approximation by
integrating the reciprocal of the total stopping power (collision plus nuclear) with
respect to energy. Projected ranges are obtained in a transport calculation according
to the method of Lewis (1950), which uses the elastic scattering cross sections
discussed in Section 3.5.3.

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