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Scattering Mechanisms

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Transport of Energetic Electrons in Solids

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This chapter is devoted to the main mechanisms of scattering (elastic, quasi-elastic, and inelastic) that are relevant to the description of the interaction of electron beams with solid targets.

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Dapor, M. (2020). Scattering Mechanisms. In: Transport of Energetic Electrons in Solids. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 271. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43264-5_4

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