Monte Carlo simulation of characteristic x-ray emission from thick samples bombarded by kiloelectronvolt electrons

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Bote, D ^a   Llovet, X ^a   Salvat, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

DISTORTED-WAVE BORN APPROXIMATION (DWBA); ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION; KILOELECTRONVOLT ELECTRONS; PENELOPE;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 43049136903     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/10/105304     Document Type: Article

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