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Collisions of low-energy antiprotons with molecular hydrogen: ionization, excitation and stopping power

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A time-dependent coupled-channel approach was used to calculate ionization, excitation, and energy-loss cross sections as well as energy spectra for antiproton and proton collisions with molecular hydrogen for impact energies 8 < E < 4000 keV.

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Lühr, A., Saenz, A. Collisions of low-energy antiprotons with molecular hydrogen: ionization, excitation and stopping power. Hyperfine Interact 194, 59–64 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-009-0030-9

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