The main processes determining the distribution function of nonrelativistic stopping electrons in a material are analyzed. It is established that electrons change direction of their motion mainly because of scattering on nuclei of the material at small angles. This property of the Coulomb interaction is used to fasten numerical computations of the parameters of stopping electrons.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 57–62, April, 2010.
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Astapenko, V.A., Berezovskii, V.V., Men’shikov, P.L. et al. Fast method of calculating electronic stopping in a material. Russ Phys J 53, 389–395 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-010-9433-y
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