The slope-background for the near-peak regimen of photoemission spectra

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-80

  Herrera Gomez, A ^a   Bravo Sanchez, M ^a   Aguirre Tostado, F S ^b   Vazquez Lepe, M O ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Active background; Extrinsic background; Intrinsic background; Shirley Sherwood background; Tougaard background; XPS Peak fitting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BACKGROUND; EXTRINSIC BACKGROUND; INTRINSIC BACKGROUND; PEAK FITTING; SHIRLEY-SHERWOOD BACKGROUND; TOUGAARD BACKGROUND;

PHOTOEMISSION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84882801954     PISSN: 03682048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elspec.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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