Energy Loss of a Low-Energy Ion Beam in Passage through an Equilibrium Cesium Plasma
Phys. Rev. Lett. 28, 1254 – Published 8 May, 1972
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.1254
Abstract
The energy loss of a beam of cesium ions traversing a near-thermal equilibrium cesium plasma has been measured as a function of plasma density at ion-beam energies of 35 to 150 eV. The plasma electron/ion temperature was 2100°K, and the charged-particle density was varied from (0.1 to 3.7)× . The measured energy loss is found to agree very well with theoretical predictions.