Theoretical Study of Pressure Effects on Fission Fragment Track Registration Lengths in Apatite

Cruz, S.A.; Chadderton, Lewis

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Theoretical Study of Pressure Effects on Fission Fragment Track Registration Lengths in Apatite

Date

2005

Authors

Cruz, S.A.

Chadderton, Lewis

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

Abstract

Pressure effects on the track lengths of 235U fission fragments in an idealized 'random' fluoroapatite target are theoretically investigated by estimating changes in stopping power cross section due to pressure-induced changes in the electronic structure