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An expression for the Mott cross section of electrons and positrons on nuclei with Z up t0 118

In the present work, an improved numerical solution for determining the ratio,$\mathcal{R}^{\rm Mott}$, of the unscreened Mott differential cross section (MDCS) with respect to Rutherford's formula is proposed for the scattering of electrons and positrons on nuclei with $1\leq Z \leq 118$. It a...

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Autores principales: Boschini, M J, Consoland, C, Gervasi, M, Giani, S, Grandi, D, Ivanchenko, V, Nieminem, P, Pensotti, S, Rancoita, P G, Tacconi, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.04.020
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1543615
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Sumario:In the present work, an improved numerical solution for determining the ratio,$\mathcal{R}^{\rm Mott}$, of the unscreened Mott differential cross section (MDCS) with respect to Rutherford's formula is proposed for the scattering of electrons and positrons on nuclei with $1\leq Z \leq 118$. It accounts for incoming lepton energies between 1\,keV and 900\,MeV. For both electrons and positrons, a fitting formula and a set of fitting coefficients for the ratio $\mathcal{R}^{\rm Mott}$ on nuclei are also presented. The found average error of the latter practical interpolated expression is typically lower than 1% also at low energy for electrons and lower than 0.05% for positrons for all nuclei over the entire energy range.