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Excitation of excitons in semi-infinite solids with a nonrelativistic electron beam

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The instability of an infinite thin electron beam propagating in vacuum over the surface of an isotropic nongyrotropic crystal is investigated. The possibilities of exciting additional longitudinal waves and polarization waves are analyzed. The dispersion laws of exciton-beam coupled waves are obtained. It is demonstrated that the interaction of the beam with the additional bulk longitudinal wave and the surface polarization wave leads to the appearance of the absolute instability.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.O. Averkov, F.G. Bass, V.M. Yakovenko, 2009, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2009, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 57–64.

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Averkov, Y.O., Bass, F.G. & Yakovenko, V.M. Excitation of excitons in semi-infinite solids with a nonrelativistic electron beam. Phys. Solid State 51, 61–68 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783409010077

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