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Linear Energy Transfer

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"Linear Energy Transfer" (LET) is the linear density of energy lost by a charged ionizing particle travelling through matter.Typically, this measure is used to quantify the effects of ionizing radiation on biological specimens or electronic devices.

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For ionizing charged particles, $L_\Delta = \frac{dE_\Delta}{dl}$, where $dE_\Delta$ is the mean energy lost in elctronic collisions locally to matter along a small path through the matter, minus the sum of the kinetic energies of all the electrons released with kinetic energies in excess of $\Delta$, and $dl$ is the length of that path.

$L_\Delta$

$L_\bigtriangleup$

"Linear Energy Transfer" (LET) is the linear density of energy lost by a charged ionizing particle travelling through matter.Typically, this measure is used to quantify the effects of ionizing radiation on biological specimens or electronic devices.