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Energy-loss straggling study of proton and alpha-particle beams incident onto ZrO2 and Al2O2 films

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The energy-loss straggling of zirconia (ZrO2) and alumina (Al2O3) has been experimentally determined for proton and alpha-particle beams mainly by means of the Rutherford backscattering technique and in some few cases using the transmission method. The incident energies of the projectiles covers a wide range, from 200 keV up to 2000 keV for H+ and from 200 keV up to 4000 keV for He+ in zirconia films. In the case of alumina films the studied energy range was 100 keV–3000 keV for H+ and 100 keV–6000 keV for He+. Our experimental results compare very well with theoretical calculations based on the dielectric formalism and a suitable description of the electronic excitation spectrum of ZrO2 and Al2O3 films through their energy-loss function.

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  1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, Brazil

    M. Behar & R. C. Fadanelli

  2. Departament de Física Aplicada, Universitat d’Alacant, 03080, Alacant, Spain

    I. Abril

  3. Departamento de Física – Centro de Investigación en Óptica y Nanofísica, Universidad de Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    R. Garcia-Molina

  4. Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo, Brazil

    L. C. C. Nagamine

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Behar, M., Fadanelli, R.C., Abril, I. et al. Energy-loss straggling study of proton and alpha-particle beams incident onto ZrO2 and Al2O2 films. Eur. Phys. J. D 64, 297–301 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20352-4

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