Stopping Power Of Ions In Matter (Sp)

This chapter is devoted to properties of the stoppingpower (SP)-the important quantity characterizing the energy losses of projectile ions slowing down in gaseous, solid and plasma targets. The energy losses are resulted due to atomic processes between projectiles and target particles, mainly electron-loss, capture and target ionization. Energy and target-thickness (Bragg peak) dependencies of the SP are considered. Special attention is paid to the SP in plasmas as well as to the influence of the target-density effect on the SP values.