Application of Calorimetric Low Temperature Detectors (CLTD's) for Precise Stopping Power Measurements of Heavy Ions in Matter.

Calorimetric low temperature detectors (CLTD's) have been included in a B-ToF setup, that has already been used several times to perform energy loss measurements at the accelerator laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä. The new experimental setup enabled a precise determination of stopping power data for 0.05-1 MeV/u $$^{131}$$ Xe ions in carbon, nickel and gold. The results are presented and compared to data from literature and theoretical predictions. As a by-product, due to the excellent energy resolution of CLTD's for heavy ions at low energies, an observation of channeling effects in very thin polycrystalline targets and a determination of the channeling energy loss for 0.1-0.5 MeV/u $$^{131}$$ Xe-ions in Ni- and Au-absorbers was possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]