Energy Losses in Collisions of Relativistic Structural Heavy Ions with Atoms

A nonperturbative theory of the energy losses in collisions of structural multiply charged heavy ions moving with relativistic velocities with atoms is worked out. Within the framework of this theory, by structural ions are meant ions containing partially filled electronic shells. It is such ions, having, as a rule, a considerable charge (for example, completely or partially stripped ions of uranium), that are used in many modern experiments on accelerators of heavy ions.