by C. Pascual-Izarra and G. Garcı́a
Abstract:
We have developed a method that allows to extract experimental continuous stopping force – also known as stopping power – curves from RBS spectra and to estimate the associated uncertainties in a natural way. The practical implementation of this method is based on a computer code, Hotstop, that has been specifically written and which we make freely available. It uses simulated annealing (SA) and Bayesian inference (BI) algorithms. In this work, a detailed description of the method is given and the mathematics behind are overviewed. The efficiency is one of the key features of this method, its input being an easy to obtain set of RBS spectra and yielding as output not just a set of scattered points but a continuous stopping force curve for the system of interest. Hotstop allows to extract stopping force of elements as well as of compounds, for light and heavy ions as long as RBS signal is available.
Reference:
C. Pascual-Izarra and G. Garcı́a, “An efficient method for stopping force determination”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 225, no. 3, pp. 383–391.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{pascual-izarra_efficient_2004,
title = {An efficient method for stopping force determination},
volume = {225},
issn = {0168-583X},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X04007396},
doi = {10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.174},
abstract = {We have developed a method that allows to extract experimental continuous stopping force – also known as stopping power – curves from RBS spectra and to estimate the associated uncertainties in a natural way. The practical implementation of this method is based on a computer code, Hotstop, that has been specifically written and which we make freely available. It uses simulated annealing (SA) and Bayesian inference (BI) algorithms. In this work, a detailed description of the method is given and the mathematics behind are overviewed. The efficiency is one of the key features of this method, its input being an easy to obtain set of RBS spectra and yielding as output not just a set of scattered points but a continuous stopping force curve for the system of interest. Hotstop allows to extract stopping force of elements as well as of compounds, for light and heavy ions as long as RBS signal is available.},
number = {3},
urldate = {2017-11-22},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms},
author = {Pascual-Izarra, C. and Garcı́a, G.},
month = sep,
year = {2004},
keywords = {RBS, Bayesian inference, Monte Carlo, Rutherford backscattering, Stopping force, Stopping power, Simulated annealing},
pages = {383--391},
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