Generation of Surface Excitations on Dielectric Spheres by an External Electron Beam
- 30 September 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 55 (14), 1526-1529
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.1526
Abstract
The energy loss and differential probability of energy losses is calculated to all multipole orders for a charged particle moved uniformly past a sphere. The sphere's response is characterized by use of a local dielectric function.Keywords
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