An algorithm is proposed for calculating stopping loss functions in targets in accelerators which accelerate hydrogen isotope nuclei for generating neutrons. The algorithm is based on interpolation matching of empirical formulas for determining stopping losses at low energies with the Bethe–Bloch relation, which describes the stopping process exactly at medium and high energies. Examples of a calculation of the stopping loss functions for hydrogen isotope nuclei and the dependence of the kinetic energy on the penetration depth in the target for hydrogen–metal compounds, which can be used as neutron-forming targets, are presented.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 109, No. 5, pp. 293–298, November, 2010.
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Bogdanovich, B.Y., Nesterovich, A.V. & Shikanov, A.E. Particulars of hydrogen isotope stopping in accelerators for neutron generation. At Energy 109, 362–368 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-011-9369-5
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