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Monte Carlo simulation of energy deposition by low-energy electrons in molecular hydrogenA set of detailed atomic cross sections has been used to obtain the spatial deposition of energy by 1-20-eV electrons in molecular hydrogen by a Monte Carlo simulation of the actual trajectories. The energy deposition curve (energy per distance traversed) is quite peaked in the forward direction about the entry point for electrons with energies above the threshold of the electronic states, but the peak decreases and broadens noticeably as the electron energy decreases below 10 eV (threshold for the lowest excitable electronic state of H2). The curve also assumes a very symmetrical shape for energies below 10 eV, indicating the increasing importance of elastic collisions in determining the shape of the curve, although not the mode of energy deposition.
Document ID
19750044014
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Heaps, M. G.
Furman, D. R.
Green, A. E. S.
(Florida, University Gainesville, Fla., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Physics
Volume: 46
Subject Category
Atomic And Molecular Physics
Accession Number
75A28086
Distribution Limits
Public
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