Re: [fluka-discuss]: stopping power for muon

From: Paola Sala <paola.sala_at_mi.infn.it>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:26:05 +0200

Dear Shirley,
no, the table does not include radiative energy losses. These losses are
included in muon transport, but they are treated as discrete processes
with most of the DEFAULT settings, thus they do not enter in the
"continuous energy loss" tabulation.
Ciao
Paola
> Dear FLUKA users,
>
> I'm simulating a muon beam (300 GeV) interacting with a cylindrical water
> target. I'm using the DELTARAY card with 'print' and reading off the
> stopping powers from the .out file.
>
> My question is: does the second column, the unrestricted stopping power,
> include radiative energy losses, such as bremsstrahlung, and pair
> production?
>
> At 300 GeV, the FLUKA output is:
> E_kin dE/dx eta shell corr.
> restr.dE/dx
> (GeV) (GeV/cm) (GeV/cm)
> 3.097E+02 2.843E-03 2.932E+03 2.393E-10 1.718E-03.
>
> But, the pdg table shows an ionization loss of 2.92E-3, and radiative loss
> of 0.79E-3 at this muon energy. So the total energy loss should be
> 3.71E-3. (
> http://pdg.lbl.gov/2008/AtomicNuclearProperties/MUON_ELOSS_TABLES/muonloss_276.pdf
> )
>
> Thank you very much!
> Shirley
>


Paola Sala
INFN Milano
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