2011/08/02 by M. V. Bondarenco, Bondarenco, M. V.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1108.0648
12 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2011/08/02 · openalex publication_date 2011/08/02 · arxiv updated 2011/08/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
For a particle traversing a bent crystal in the regime of volume reflection we evaluate the probability of interaction with atomic nuclei. Regardless of the continuous potential shape, this probability is found to differ from the corresponding value in an amorphous target by an amount proportional to the crystal bending radius, and the particle deflection angle. Based on this result, we evaluate the rate of inelastic nuclear interactions, and the final beam angular dispersion due to multiple Coulomb scattering. The theoretical predictions are compared with the experiments. The impact of multiple Coulomb scattering on the mean volume reflection angle is also discussed.