The treatment of electronic excitations in atomistic models of radiation damage in metals

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Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Race, C P ^a   Mason, D R ^a   Finnis, M W ^a   Foulkes, W M C ^a   Horsfield, A P ^a   Sutton, A P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/73/11/116501     Document Type: Article

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