HEAVY PARTICLE RANGE-ENGERY RELATIONS FOR DIELECTRIC NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS

A method for the computation of multicharged particle range-energy and energy loss relations for dielectric nuclear track detectors is described. It is useful in the energy interval 0.1-1200 MeV/nucleon for heavy ions in materials of known atomic composition. The method extends the generalized expressions of Barkas and Berger to lower energies by using the range data of Whaling and the range extensions for emulsion of Heckman, et al., and Henke and Benton. The range calculations have been checked experimentally with the use of lithium drifted solid state detectors from 2 to 10 MeV/nucleon. It is also shown that the corrected length of etched tracks in dielectric track detectors can be used as an accurate measure of the stopping particle's energy. © 1969.