Spontaneous generation of plasmons by ballistic electrons
- 15 April 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 43 (11) , 9273-9274
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.43.9273
Abstract
A beam of ballistic electrons moving with a velocity of about twice the Fermi velocity (∼ cm/s) with respect to a stationary electron gas is shown to lead to a spontaneous generation of plasmons.
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