
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hamada, T 
A1  - Nakamura, Y 
A1  - George, EP 
T1  - Quantum Theory of Energy Loss by Test Ions to Plasma
JF  - Australian Journal of Physics
JO  - Aust. J.  Phys.
Y1  - 1980
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
SP  - 719
EP  - 732
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PH800719 
N2  - A fully quantum theoretical calculation is carried out for the average energy loss rate by test ions released in a plasma. The calculation is based on the divergence-free kinetic theory of Kihara and Honda. The rate is given in terms of several auxiliary functions which may be evaluated numerically for a given test ion once the Maxwellian temperatures and densities of each plasma species (electrons and ions) are specified. The examples considered earlier by Sigmar and Joyce are re-evaluated and the accuracies of their approximate calculations are found to be generally quite good. Several new quantitative results are presented. 
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