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X 0 is the radiation length. From (7) and (8) we get<br />

S = t − Kt 2 with K =1.12 × 10 −4 Z 2 inc<br />

p 2 β 2 X 0<br />

(9)<br />

Equation (9) may be used to make the path length correction. Solving equation (9) with respect to t implies<br />

that, in order to obtain real solutions:<br />

S ≤ 1<br />

4K<br />

i.e. S ≤ 2232 X 0p 2 β 2<br />

Z 2 inc<br />

(10)<br />

This condition provides an additional constraint to the maximum step length for multiple scattering (variable<br />

TMXCOR in routine GMULOF). The corrected step can be approximated as:<br />

t ≈ S(1 + KS)=S(1 + CORR)<br />

where CORR ≤ 0.25 due to condition (10).<br />

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