Transport of Energetic Electrons in Solids Computer Simulation with Applications to Materials Analysis and Characterization /

• Main Author: Dapor, Maurizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 257
• Subjects: Physics.; Solid state physics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Materials science.; Solid State Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.
• Physical Description: XIV, 146 p. 58 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319038834
• ISSN: 0081-3869 ;

This book presents the potential of the Monte Carlo (MC) technique to solve mathematical and physical problems of great complexity. This book focusses on the study of the electron-solid interaction (transport MC) and presents some physical problems related to the transport of hot electrons in solid targets using transport MC. The numerical and theoretical results are validated through a comparison with experimental results. The author also addresses methodological aspects. In particular, systematic comparisons among different calculation schemes are presented. Different expressions for the calculation of cross sections and/or stopping power and different simulation methods are described and discussed.