Hannspeter Winter

Slow Heavy-Particle Induced Electron Emission from Solid Surfaces - Springer Tracts in Modern Physics Hannspeter Winter 2007 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Description for Sales People: This book reviews the emission of electrons from solid surfaces bombarded by slow neutral and ionized heavy particles (atoms, molecules), both theoretically and in the light of recent experimental studies by leading groups in the field. The book integrates physics of ion beams, surfaces and chemical physics, and serves both as a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students. Coverage includes: Kinetic emission from grazing incidence of atoms and kinetic and potential emission from grazing incidence of singly and multiply charged ions on monocrystalline metal and insulator surfaces; modeling of slow electron transport in solids; emission of spin-polarized electrons by ion neutralization; electron emission from slow ion induced plasmons and excitons. Table of Contents: Theoretical Concepts and Methods for Electron Emission from Solid Surfaces.- Photon and Electron Induced Electron Emission from Solid Surfaces.- Potential Electron Emission from Metal and Insulator Surfaces.- Kinetic Electron Emission for Grazing Scattering of Atoms and Ions from Surfaces.- Spin Polarization of Electrons Emitted in the Neutralization of He+ Ions in Solids.- Electron Emission from Surfaces Mediated by Ion-Induced Plasmon Excitation.- Slow Ion-Induced Electron Emission from Thin Insulating Films. Publisher Marketing: Inthepastfewdecades, greatprogresshasbeenmadeinthe?eldofdynamical interactions of photons and charged particles with surfaces. Developments in this ?eld have largely been driven by technological advances. Foremost, the preparation and characterization of atomically ?at surfaces has opened up opportunities to precisely and reproducibly investigate surface structure and dynamics in unprecedented detail. An equally important advance represents the availability of new sources for projectiles interacting with and probing surfaces. Third-generation s- chrotron sources provide high-brilliance photon ?ux over a broad range of energies extending from the ultraviolet to the hard X-ray regime. In the c- text of the primary topics of this book of even greater importance is the development of ion sources that provide slow, very highly charged ions with signi?cant intensities covering charge states up to bare uranium. Currently pursueddevelopment projects suchas HITRAP(highly charged trapped ions) atGSIDarmstadtholdthepromisetodeliverwithinthenextfewyearscooled highly charged ions in the sub-eV kinetic energy regime. These advances in experimental techniques have led to an increased - cus on technological applications. Prominent examples include the controlled nanostructuring of surfaces for novel functionalities on the sub-micron scale and the search of surface materials suited for divertor surfaces in future th- monuclear fusion reactors, in particular to control and reduce physical and chemical sputtering. Concurrently, theory has made great strides. The und- standing and solution of the many-body problem beyond the ground state, which is at the core of the description of dynamical surface processes, has considerably advanced

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