Polarization Bremsstrahlung on Atoms, Plasmas, Nanostructures and Solids

• Main Author: Astapenko, Valeriy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 72
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Solid state physics.; Plasma Physics.; Solid State Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

The book is devoted to the modern theory and experimental manifestation of Polarization Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scattering of charged particles from various targets: atoms, nanostructures (including atomic clusters, nanoparticle in dielectric matrix, fullerens, graphene-like two-dime...

Table of Contents:

• Theory of Bremsstrahlung
• Bremsstrahlung theory for slow (quasi-classical) electron scattering
• Bremsstrahlung in plasmas
• Bremsstrahlung of fast particles in condensed matter
• Induced Bremsstrahlung in electromagnetic fields
• Polarization Bremsstrahlung on nanostructures
• Experimental observations of PB
• Laser-assisted electron–atom inelastic scattering and other experiments
• Nonrelativistic electron Bremsstrahlung in thin and thick metal targets
• Possible PB applications for structure diagnostics.