Show that the maximum energy transfer by a heavy particle with mass M and speed v to

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Show that the maximum energy transfer by a heavy particle with mass M and speed v to an electron initially at rest is 2mev2, hence the appearance of this factor in the formula for the stopping power.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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