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THE energy lost by a moving particle in traversing matter as the result of exciting or disintegrating atomic nuclei depends on the law of force between it and the particles constituting the nucleus, and also in general on the state of motion and of binding of the nuclear particles. However, if the incident particle is fast and the forces are of short range, the average energy loss in nuclear collisions may be shown to be independent of the latter factors, and is the same as it would be if all the nuclear particles were free and isolated. The general reason for this may be seen as follows.
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WILLIAMS, E. Loss of Energy by Fast Particles in Nuclear Collisions. Nature 142, 431 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142431a0
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