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Stopping of Charged Particles in a Magnetized Classical Plasma
The analytical and numerical investigations of the energy loss rate of the
test particle in a magnetized electron plasma are developed on the basis of the
Vlasov-Poisson equations, and the main results are presented. The Larmor
rotation of a test particle in a magnetic field is taken into account. The
analysis is based on the assumption that the energy variation of the test
particle is much less than its kinetic energy. The obtained general expression
for stopping power is analyzed for three cases: (i) the particle moves through
a collisionless plasma in a strong homogeneous magnetic field; (ii) the fast
particle moves through a magnetized collisionless plasma along the magnetic
field; and (iii) the particle moves through a magnetized collisional plasma
across a magnetic field. Calculations are carried out for the arbitrary test
particle velocities in the first case, and for fast particles in the second and
third cases. It is shown that the rate at which a fast test particle loses
energy while moving across a magnetic field may be much higher than the loss in
the case of motion through plasma without magnetic field.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, LaTe