Suppose a beam of particles with flux is incident on a uniform target of thickness T

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Suppose a beam of particles with flux Φ is incident on a uniform target of thickness T and density ρ(mass/volume). Assuming that the atoms in the target do not block one another (the thin-target approximation),show that the reaction rate dN/dt is given by dN/dt = IσρNAT/m, where I is the beam current (i.e.,the integral of the flux over the area of the beam), mis the molecular mass of the target, NA is Avogadro’s number, and σ is the reaction cross section.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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