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PUBLICATIONS

Anomalous Electron Energy Loss in Small Spheres

Published

Author(s)

David R. Penn, S Apell

Abstract

In analogy to the case of optical absorption, it is shown that inclusion of non-local surface effects results in a very large contribution to the energy loss of fast electrons scattered by a sphere. The scattering is found to be predominantly in the forward direction and is an order of magnitude larger than calculated classically.
Citation
Journal of Physics C-Solid State Physics
Volume
16
Issue
29
Pub Type
Journals
Condensed matter

Citation

Penn, D. and Apell, S. (1983), Anomalous Electron Energy Loss in Small Spheres, Journal of Physics C-Solid State Physics (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created January 1, 1983, Updated February 19, 2017
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