Particle Physics 4th Edition - Errata
Problem 2.11, Section E (Answers to selected questions)
The exponent in the expression for lambda should 12 and not 6, i.e. lambda = 7x1012.
The rest of the solution is correct, as is the full solution on the book's website.
Solution to Problem 4.11 on p444 (Answers to selected questions)
The solution should read:
The full solution given on the book’s web page should be:
For small
, the Bethe-Bloch formula may be written
.
the former has a maximum for
, where
, so that
.
The solution appears in both the students’ and instructors’ solutions.
Particle Physics, Fourth Edition. B.R. Martin and G. Shaw.
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