ELECTRON STRAGGLING THEORY AND CALCULATION

Abstract

Some conceptual difficulties in the theory of straggling are discussed and Landau's 1934 result is compared with that obtained by the method of random energy walk over successive impacts. Landau's differential equation is rederived and basic assumptions stated. In the course experimental work on the effect of the passage electrons through a foil on its resistivity, some routine calculations were undertaken of the distribution of the electron energy losses about the mean at different depths in the foil.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0296934

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  • Nathan Grier Parke Iii

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  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Collisions
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electron Energy
  • Electronic Materials
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Massachusetts
  • Probability
  • United States

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  • Physics

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Statistical inference.

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  • Microelectronics