Low-velocity ion stopping in a dense and low-temperature plasma target

We investigate the stopping specificities involved in the heating of thin foils irradiated by intense ion beams in the 0.3-3 MeV/amu energy range and in close vicinity of the Bragg peak. Considering a swiftly ionized target to eV temperatures before expansion while retaining solid-state density, a typical warm dense matter (WDM) situation thus arises. We stress low V-p, stopping through ion diffusion in the given target plasma. This allows to include the case of a strongly magnetized target in a guiding center approximation. We also demonstrate that the ion projectile penetration depth in target is significantly affected by multiple scattering on target electrons. The given plasma target is taken weakly coupled with Maxwell electron either with no magnetic field (B = 0) or strongly magnetized (B not equal 0). Dynamical coupling between ion projectiles energy losses and projectiles charge state will also be addressed. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.