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We provide a simple explanation, based on an effective field, for the precession damping rate due to the spin-orbit interaction. Previous effective field treatments of spin-orbit damping include only variations of the state energies with respect to the
Jabez J. McClelland, M Scheinfein, Daniel T. Pierce
Measurements of the effective Sherman function have been carried out for 10-100-keV spin-polarized electrons scattering from a thick thorium target in a retarding Mott analyzer. At 20 and 100 keV the dependence on the maximum energy loss accepted by the
R E. Scholten, Jabez J. McClelland, Michael H. Kelley, Robert Celotta
We report direct measurements of the sensitivity of a channel electron multiplier to electrons with different spin orientations. Four regions of the multiplier cone were examined using polarized electrons at 100-eV incident energy. Pulse counting and
Measurements of the spin polarization of the GaAs electron source were carried out on the atom beam apparatus in the Electron Physics Group at the National Bureau of Standards. Both a cylindrical Mott analyzer operating at 100kV ("Maximott") and a
Daniel T. Pierce, Robert Celotta, G Wang, W Unertl, A Galejs, C Kuyatt, S Mielczarek
The design, construction, operation, and performance of a spin polarized electron source utilizing photoemission from negative electron affinity (NEA) GaAs are presented in detail. A polarization of 43plus or minus}2% is produced using NEA GaAs (100). The
The electron-optical properties of a stigmatic crossed-field energy analyzer (double-focusing Wien filter) have been obtained from exact trajectory calculations. The results are given in the form of focusing and dispersing coefficients to the second order
In previous work we formulated the third-order asymptotic aberration coefficients of round (axially symmetric) electrostatic lenses in a form independent of object and aperture positions, and expressions for the six quantities which are sufficient to
The effects of temperature on the polarization of low-energy electrons scattered from surfaces of liquids, polycrystals, and single crystals are discussed. The polarization of the single scattering component of the intensity is shown to be independent of