Energy loss and small angle scattering of swift protons passing through liquid ethanol target

We have measured energy and angular distributions of fast protons passing through an ethanol liquid jet target. By applying the Moliére’s theory of multiple scattering, we reproduced successfully our experimental results of energy and angular distributions and found that the Moliére’s theory is useful for the prediction of energetic proton and heavy ion deflection in liquid materials. Moreover, we compared stopping powers obtained from our experiment with SRIM2003 and found an about 10% discrepancy between them. The present method can become a powerful tool for the measurement of particle stopping in liquids and the other collision interactions.