Nonlinear electronic stopping of negatively charged particles in liquid water
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Authors
Koval, N.E.
Da Pieve, F.
Gu, B.
Muñoz-Santiburcio, D.
Kohanoff, J.
Artacho, E.
Discipline
Physical sciences
Subject
First-principles calculations
Radiation damage
Water
Density functional calculations
Time-dependent DFT
Condensed Matter
Materials & Applied Physics
Audience
Scientific
Date
2023Metadata
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We present real-time time-dependent density-functional-theory calculations of the electronic stopping power for negative and positive projectiles (electrons, protons, antiprotons, and muons) moving through liquid water. After correction for finite mass effects, the nonlinear stopping power obtained in this paper is significantly different from the previously known results from semiempirical calculations based on the dielectric response formalism. Linear-nonlinear discrepancies are found both in the maximum value of the stopping power and the Bragg peak's position. Our results indicate the importance of the nonlinear description of electronic processes, particularly, for electron projectiles, which are modeled here as classical point charges. Our findings also confirm the expectation that the quantum nature of the electron projectile should substantially influence the stopping power around the Bragg peak and below.
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Koval, N.E.; Da Pieve, F.; Gu, B.; Muñoz-Santiburcio, D.; Kohanoff, J.; Artacho, E. (2023). Nonlinear electronic stopping of negatively charged particles in liquid water. , Physical Review Research, Vol. 5, Issue 3, A033063, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033063.Identifiers
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Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng