Channeling is the phenomenon of particle motion between parallel rows of atoms in a crystal .
As soon as a charged particle enters the space between the rows of atoms, potential forces begin to act on it, like electric lenses, and direct it to the center of the channel. The distance traveled by an ion in a channel can be several times the mean free path in an amorphous target due to a much smaller energy loss by the channeled particle ...
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- Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.