Range of Radiation Induced Primary Knock-Ons in the Hard Core Approximation
- 1 June 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 31 (6) , 1046-1056
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1735743
Abstract
The slowing down of a primary displaced atom of high energy in a solid is investigated in detail. Physically interesting quantities, such as the total distance travelled and the vector distance to the end of the path, are discussed in terms of certain averages for hard core potentials with general dependence of the core radius on energy. These averages are explicitly calculated for a screened Coulomb potential for the purpose of comparison with experimental ranges observed in different metals. Theoretical values for the range can be derived. Comparison with the experimental data gives a value for the screening radius of the interaction potential which is about twice the value originally suggested by N. Bohr.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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