Channeling in single-wall nanotubes: Possible applications

The relevant potentials are calculated and used to investigate the trajectories and various characteristics of axial channeling of high-energy positively charged particles in the recently discovered single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs). The application of SWNTs in high-energy physics, specifically, in future colliders, is discussed, in view of the fact that the dechanneling length in SWNTs is much longer than in single crystals. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 66, No. 5, 304–307 (10 September 1997)