Particle Physics
Bethe-Bloch Formula: How Charged Particles Lose Energy
The Bethe-Bloch formula gives a charged particle's mean energy loss in matter. Worked example: 116 keV mean, about 84 keV most probable in 300 µm of silicon.
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