Electron-impact ionization in crystals

1 August 1988

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 38 (4) , 2232-2236
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.38.2232

Abstract

The theory of the electron-impact ionization or (e,2e) reaction in a crystal is discussed. We consider particularly the case of fast incident electrons and small momentum transfer. Dynamical diffraction of the incident electrons plays an important role in the angular distributions of the ejected electrons. The results obtained here are contrasted with (e,2e) on free atoms.

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