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Bethe formula

Bethe formula proper noun: a formula describing the mean energy loss per distance travelled of swift charged particles traversing matter (or alternatively the stopping power of the material).

Proper noun

the Bethe formula

  1. A formula describing the mean energy loss per distance travelled of swift charged particles traversing matter (or alternatively the stopping power of the material).

Origin of Bethe formula

Named after Hans Bethe, who found the non-relativistic version in 1930.

Questions about Bethe formula

What does Bethe formula mean?
Bethe formula means a formula describing the mean energy loss per distance travelled of swift charged particles traversing matter (or alternatively the stopping power of the material).
What part of speech is Bethe formula?
Bethe formula is a proper noun.

Words near Bethe formula in the dictionary

  1. bethatched
  2. bethatches
  3. bethatching
  4. Bethausen
  5. bethe
  6. Bethe formula
  7. Bethe lattice
  8. Bethe lattices
  9. Bethe-Slater curve
  10. Bethe-Slater curves
  11. Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle

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