Continuous slowing down approximation range explained

The CSDA range is a very close approximation to the average distance traveled by a charged particle as it slows down to rest, calculated in the continuous-slowing-down approximation. In this approximation, the rate of energy loss at every point along the track is assumed to be equal to the same as the total stopping power. Energy-loss fluctuations are neglected. The CSDA range is obtained by integrating the reciprocal of the total stopping power with respect to energy.^[1]

Further reading

• Bichsel, H., Straggling in thin silicon detectors, Rev. Mod. Phys. 60, 3, 663 - 669, 1988
• Book: Carron, N. J. . An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter . CRC Press, Tayler & Francis Group. 2007 . 978-0-7503-0935-6.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NIST: Appendix for ESTAR, PSTAR, and ASTAR. physics.nist.gov. 2017-09-13.