
%0 Journal Article
%A Hamada, T 
%A Nakamura, Y 
%A George, EP 
%T Quantum Theory of Energy Loss by Test Ions to Plasma
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1980/08/01
%V 33
%N 4
%P 719-732
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH800719
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH800719 
%X A fully quantum theoretical calculation is carried out for the average energy loss rate by test ions released in a plasma. The calculation is based on the divergence-free kinetic theory of Kihara and Honda. The rate is given in terms of several auxiliary functions which may be evaluated numerically for a given test ion once the Maxwellian temperatures and densities of each plasma species (electrons and ions) are specified. The examples considered earlier by Sigmar and Joyce are re-evaluated and the accuracies of their approximate calculations are found to be generally quite good. Several new quantitative results are presented. 
