Breakdown of the dipole approximation in core losses

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1163-1167

  Loffler S ^a   Ennen, I ^a,b   Tian, F ^a   Schattschneider, P ^a   Jaouen, N ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Dipole approximation; EELS; Ionization edges; Scattering cross section

Indexed keywords

CORE LOSS; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; FORM FACTORS; NON-LINEAR; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SCATTERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79959994106     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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