Electron tunneling through barriers of adjustable width: Role of the image potential and the wetting behavior of Cs by He

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Zech, M ^a,c   Bromberger, H ^a   Klier, J ^a,d   Leiderer, P ^a   Wyatt, A F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 52249114694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.115113     Document Type: Article

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