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The energy-loss spectrum of high energy muons after traversal of a 10 meter iron degrader has been measured with an accuracy of better than 1%. Data taken at energies between 50 and 120 GeV are in agreement with predictions from a Monte Carlo program based on the most recent theoretical descriptions of all relevant processes. The stopping power calculated by this program deviates up to several percent from earlier calculations.
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BCDMS Collaboration., Kopp, R., Argento, A. et al. A measurement of energy loss distributions of energetic muons in iron. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 28, 171–174 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575720
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