| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 62, Number 5, June 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 739 - 745 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00435-1 | |
| Published online | 01 May 2003 | |
Classical model of kinetic electron emission near threshold induced by impact of atomic projectiles on a free-electron gas metal
1
Institut für Physik der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Invalidenstraße 110, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
2
Institut für Allgemeine Physik der Technischen Universität Wien Wiedner Hauptstr. 6-10, A-1040 Wien, Austria
Received:
21
October
2002
Accepted:
1
April
2003
We present a simple classical model for the threshold behaviour of
the kinetic electron emission caused by collisions of atomic
projectiles with a metal. Electron emission close to threshold is
dominated by maximum energy transfer in binary collisions and
from conservation laws and phase space considerations we derive
the threshold behaviour for the kinetic electron emission and the
mean electron energy transfer, which compare well with recent
experimental studies on electron emission from 
under grazing impact of light neutral atoms.
PACS: 79.20.Rf – Atomic, molecular, and ion beam impact and interactions with surfaces / 79.60.Bm – Clean metal, semiconductor, and insulator surfaces / 61.85.+p – Channeling phenomena (blocking, energy loss, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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