Introduction to the Physics of Electron Emission : Theory and Simulation [E-Book]
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Personal Name(s): | Jensen, Kevin L. |
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John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2017
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1 online resource (715 pages) |
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englisch |
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9781119051794 1119051797 |
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Foundations; Chapter 1 Prelude; Chapter 2 Units and evaluation; 2.1 Numerical accuracy; 2.2 Atomic-sized units; 2.3 Units based on emission; Chapter 3 Pre-quantum models; 3.1 Discovery of electron emission; 3.2 The Drude model and Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics; 3.3 The challenge of photoemission; Chapter 4 Statistics; 4.1 Distinguishable particles; 4.2 Probability and states; 4.3 Probability and entropy; 4.4 Combinatorics and products of probability; Chapter 5 Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; 5.1 Classical phase space.
- 16.2 Constant current approximation16.3 Transit time approximation; Chapter 17 A General thermal-field-photoemission equation; 17.1 Experimental thermal-field energy distributions; 17.2 Theoretical thermal-field energy distributions; 17.3 The N(n, s, u) function; 17.4 Brute force evaluation; 17.5 A computationally kind model; 17.6 General thermal-field emission code; Part III Exact tunneling and transmission evaluation; Chapter 18 Simple barriers; 18.1 Rectangular barrier; 18.2 Triangular barrier: general method; 18.3 Triangular barrier: numerical; Chapter 19 Transfer matrix approach.
- 5.2 Most probable distribution5.3 Energy and entropy; 5.4 The Gibbs paradox; 5.5 Ideal Gas in a potential gradient; 5.6 The grand partition function; 5.7 A nascent model of electron emission; Chapter 6 Quantum distributions; 6.1 Bose-Einstein distribution; 6.2 Fermi-Dirac distribution; 6.3 The Riemann zeta function; 6.4 Chemical potential; 6.5 Classical to quantum statistics; 6.6 Electrons and white dwarf stars; Chapter 7 A box of electrons; 7.1 Scattering; 7.2 From classical to quantum mechanics; 7.3 Moments and distributions; 7.4 Boltzmann's transport equation.
- Chapter 12 Richardson-Laue-Dushman equation12.1 Approximations; 12.2 Analysis of thermal emission data; Chapter 13 Fowler-Nordheim equation; 13.1 Triangular barrier approximation; 13.2 Image charge approximation; 13.3 Analysis of field emission data; 13.4 The Millikan-Lauritsen hypothesis; Chapter 14 Fowler-Dubridge equation; 14.1 Approximations; 14.2 Analysis of photoemission data; Chapter 15 Baroody equation; 15.1 Approximations; 15.2 Analysis of secondary emission data; 15.3 Subsequent approximations; Chapter 16 Child-Langmuir law; 16.1 Constant density approximation.
- Chapter 8 Quantum mechanics methods8.1 A simple model: the prisoner's dilemma; 8.2 Matrices and wave functions; Chapter 9 Quintessential problems; 9.1 The hydrogen atom; 9.2 Transport past barriers; 9.3 The harmonic oscillator; Part II The canonical equations; Chapter 10 A brief history; 10.1 Thermal emission; 10.2 Field emission; 10.3 Photoemission; 10.4 Secondary emission; 10.5 Space-charge limited emission; 10.6 Resources and further reading; Chapter 11 Anatomy of current density; 11.1 Supply function; 11.2 Gamow factor; 11.3 Image charge potential.