Energy loss of He, Li and B isotopes with MeV energies in Au

The objective of this study was to experimentally investigate the stopping power and energy straggling of helium, lithium and boron isotopes with MeV energies in Au. A 9SDH-2 tandem accelerator was employed to perform ion bombardment experiments. The detection measurements were carried Out using partially-coated silicon detectors. Furthermore, both the Monte-Carlo simulations and experimental results yielded by other findings were also conducted in this study in order to make comparisons. The uncertainty in this experiment was estimated to be less than 1%. The results indicated that our experimental results were in good agreements with both the theoretical and previous experimental results. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.