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Field emission of cold electrons

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Abstract

A mathematical model of tunnel current from the metal surface is proposed for the case when atomic particles colliding with the surface cause electronic excitation of the solid.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Razin, V.F. Kharlamov, 2006, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 118–121.

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Razin, A.V., Kharlamov, V.F. Field emission of cold electrons. Tech. Phys. 51, 650–653 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784206050185

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