Electronic excitations and their effect on the interionic forces in simulations of radiation damage in metals

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Race, C P ^a   Mason, D R ^a   Sutton, A P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A THERMALS; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; ELECTRON SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EIGENSTATES; ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; FERMI-DIRAC DISTRIBUTIONS; IONIC MOTIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUMS; QUANTUM MECHANICALS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS; TIGHT BINDINGS; TIME DEPENDENTS;

ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 65549142262     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/11/115702     Document Type: Article

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