Relativistic description of valence energy losses in the interaction of fast electrons with clusters of dielectrics: multiple-scattering approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6103-6112

  Garcia de Abajo F J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 4244070407     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.6103     Document Type: Article

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