ANGULAR STRAGGLING IN GRAZING PARTICLE SURFACE SCATTERING ASSOCIATED WITH HOT-ELECTRON RESONANCE

Authors
KATO M MIX W SNOWDON KJ
Citation
M. Kato et al., ANGULAR STRAGGLING IN GRAZING PARTICLE SURFACE SCATTERING ASSOCIATED WITH HOT-ELECTRON RESONANCE, Surface science, 294(3), 1993, pp. 429-437
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
294
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
429 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1993)294:3<429:ASIGPS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We have studied the angular straggling of a particle beam scattered of f a clean metal surface under glancing angles of incidence. We show an alytically that inelastic resonant scattering of ''hot-electrons'' lyi ng energetically at or above the Fermi level is a possible mechanism t o explain the large angular straggling observed in low energy (a few k eV) grazing particle surface scattering, and we clarify what physical parameters are responsible for this mechanism.