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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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For example, a good understanding of the profile line shape through a fundamental parameters technique pays dividends in obtaining a good fit to the Bragg peak shape.
Thus the random intensity at a particular [omega] is proportional to an integral over the Bragg peak scan, the integration limits (2[[theta].
 
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