Transport model of thermal and epithermal positrons in solids. I
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 41 (10) , 6179-6184
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.41.6179
Abstract
Epithermal positron transport in solids is treated by employing a one-dimensional Boltzmann equation, which, in combination with the diffusion equation for the thermalized positrons, gives rise to a more realistic model for transport of positrons implanted into solids with variable energies. Thermalization is accounted for by the averaged inelastic scattering of the epithermal positrons, although the epithermal positron energy distribution cannot be predicted from this model.Keywords
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