Energy dependence of the mean free path of excess hot electrons in solid xenon in the elastic scattering region

Journal Article · Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.33.5744· OSTI ID:5970433

Plenkiewicz, B; Plenkiewicz, P; Jay-Gerin, J

It has been found recently from the analysis of low-energy electron-transmission experiments that the scattering mean free path lambda of excess hot electrons in solid xenon films oscillates with energy. We show in this paper that in these experiments lambda is predominantly controlled by the combined effect of both acoustical-phonon scattering and scattering by neutral point defects, and that its energy dependence is entirely caused by the changes in electron effective mass with energy.

• Research Organization: Groupe du Conseil de Recherches Medicales du Canada en Sciences des Radiations et Departement de Medecine Nucleaire et de Radiobiologie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4
• OSTI ID: 5970433
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Vol. 33:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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EV RANGE 01-10
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