The contribution of collision cascades to sputtering and radiation damage

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1814, 2004, Pages 5-28

  Thompson, M W ^a  

^a Stoneacre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collision cascades; Ion bombardment; Nuclear reactors; Radiation damage; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931996     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1309     Document Type: Article

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