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Bragg curve
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Bragg curve [′brag ‚kərv]
(atomic physics)
A curve showing the average number of ions per unit distance along a beam of initially monoenergetic ionizing particles, usually alpha particles, passing through a gas. Also known as Bragg ionization curve.
A curve showing the average specific ionization of an ionizing particle of a particular kind as a function of its kinetic energy, velocity, or residual range.
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The physics of charged particles is such that there is always a lower entrance dose and, after a bragg peak at a depth specific to the particle, there is no exit dose.
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