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44 Passage of Radiation Through Matter<br />

R/M (g cm −2 GeV −1 )<br />

50000<br />

20000<br />

10000<br />

5000<br />

2000<br />

1000<br />

500<br />

200<br />

100<br />

50<br />

20<br />

10<br />

5<br />

2<br />

1<br />

0.1 2 5 1.0 2 5 10.0 2 5 100.0<br />

βγ = p/Mc<br />

0.1<br />

Pb<br />

Fe<br />

H 2 liquid<br />

He gas<br />

0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0<br />

Muon momentum (GeV/c)<br />

0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0<br />

Pion momentum (GeV/c)<br />

0.2 0.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0 20.0 50.0<br />

Proton momentum (GeV/c)<br />

Figure 3.6: Range of particles in liquid hydrogen (bubble chamber), helium gas, carbon, iron,<br />

and lead. For example, for a pion of momentum 230 MeV/c, βγ = 1.4. For lead we read<br />

R/M ≈ 400gcm −2 GeV −1 , and so the range is ≈ 56gcm −2 .[FromPDG.]<br />

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