The energy loss tables

Energy loss and multiple scattering are continuous processes that are applied at every step for charged particles in matter ($Z\ge 1$ ).

As explained in [PHYS330] and [PHYS430], energy loss tables are calculated at initialisation time (GPHYSI) for all the materials which enter in the definition of a tracking medium (see [CONS200]). These tables contain NEK1 values of $dE/dx$ calculated for the corresponding values of energy in ELOW.

In case of mixtures/compounds, the rule [] is to combine the energy loss tables in GeV $g-1$ $cm2$ according to the proportion by weight of the elements, that is:

$\{dEdx\}=\; \rho \sum$_i{p_iρ_i}({dEdx})_i