Particle Induced Electron Emission I

137 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This monograph discusses collision-induced electron emission from nearly free-electron metals by ion or electron impact. This subject is, as is well known, of acute importance in understanding plasma-wall interactions in thermonuclear reactors. It is also the basis for one of the most exciting technological developments of the last few years - scanning electron miscroscopy. Several electron excitation mechanisms of electrons in the target are considered: excitation of single conduction and core electrons, excitation by plasmon decay and by Auger processes. Transport of inner excited electrons is simulated by the Boltzmann equation incorporating both elastic and inelastic collisions. The numerical calculation of scattering rates uses a dynamically screened Coulomb interaction. These results for the energy distributions of emerging electrons as well as the electron yield are compared with recent experimental measurements on electron emission from polycrystalline aluminum.

• Reihe: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Physik Materialwissenschaft / Aggregatzustände Physik der kondensierten Materie (Flüssigkeits- und Festkörperphysik)
• ISBN: 9783662149997
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2013
• Größe: 23.5 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: Springer Berlin
• Beiträge von: Max Rösler, Wolfram Brauer, Jacques Devooght, Jean-Claude Dehaes, Alain Dubus, Michel Cailler, Jean-Pierre Ganachaud