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Relaxation cascade in solids: microscopic theory

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The relaxation of an electron excited to the high energy region, is accompanied by the creation of various excitations (plasmons, quasi-particles, phonons). The stages of this many-body, non-stationary phenomenon (cascade) are described microscopically. The electron distribution function n(ɛ, t) and characteristic times for the whole energy range, are calculated.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA, , , , , , US

    Yu.N. Ovchinnikov & V.Z. Kresin

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Received 7 February 2003 Published online 11 April 2003

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Ovchinnikov, Y., Kresin, V. Relaxation cascade in solids: microscopic theory. Eur. Phys. J. B 32, 297–302 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00101-0

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