Quantum mechanical description of displacement damage formation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1906-1912

  Beck, M J ^b   Hatcher, R ^b,c   Schrimpf, R D ^a,d   Fleetwood, D M ^a,d   Pantelides, S T ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Displacement damage; Local melting

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE FORMATION; DISPLACEMENT DAMAGE; THERMAL ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MELTING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 37249061751     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.910231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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