Penn, D.
and Apell, S.
(1985),
Theory of Spin Polarized Secondary Electrons in Transition Metals, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed July 17, 2025)
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Theory of Spin Polarized Secondary Electrons in Transition Metals
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Author(s)
, S Apell
Abstract
We show that in contrast to the secondary-electron intensity distribution, the spin polarization, P(E), yields useful information about the electron-electron interaction. The ratio of lifetimes of majority- to minority-spin electrons can be determined directly from the measured values of P(E) by τ {uarr}(E)/τ{darr} (E) = 1-pB/1+pb1+P(E) / 1-P(E), where pB is the bulk magnetization.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
55
Issue
5
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Journals
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Created January 1, 1985, Updated February 19, 2017