continuous slowing down approximation range
The CSDA range is a very close approximation to the average distance traveled by a charged particle as it slows down to rest, calculated in the continuous-slowing-down approximation. In this approximation, the rate of energy loss at every point along the track is assumed to be equal to the same as the total stopping power. Energy-loss fluctuations are neglected. The CSDA range is obtained by integrating the reciprocal of the total stopping power with respect to energy.{{Cite web|url=https://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Star/Text/appendix.html|title=NIST: Appendix for ESTAR, PSTAR, and ASTAR|website=physics.nist.gov|access-date=2017-09-13}}
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Further reading
- Bichsel, H., Straggling in thin silicon detectors, Rev. Mod. Phys. 60, 3, 663 - 669, 1988
- {{cite book | author=Carron, N. J. | title=An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter | publisher=CRC Press, Tayler & Francis Group| year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7503-0935-6}}
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