On the validity of trajectory methods for calculating the transport of very low energy (<1keV) electrons in liquids and amorphous media

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

  Liljequist, D ^a   Nikjoo, H ^b  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elastic scattering; Low energy electron; Multiple scattering; Track structure; Trajectory simulation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EXTRAPOLATION; LIQUIDS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; TRAJECTORIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; SIMULATED TRAJECTORIES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRACK STRUCTURE; TRAJECTORY APPROACH; TRAJECTORY SIMULATION;

ELASTIC SCATTERING;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCUMSTANCIAL VALIDITY; CULTURE AND TRANSPORT MEDIA; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRAJECTORY METHOD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ERROR; EXTRAPOLATION; LIMIT OF CIRCUMSTANCIAL VALIDITY; LIQUID CULTURE; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RELATIVE ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VERY LOW ENERGY ELECTRON; WAVE;

EID: 84896092435     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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