Bethe formula

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Bethe formula

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