Anomalous photon emission from a solid



Document title: Anomalous photon emission from a solid
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000388866
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Instituto de Física, San Luis Potosí. México
Year:
Season: Jul-Ago
Volumen: 61
Number: 4
Pages: 287-295
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract The solution of the wave equation for electron in a solid can be formally singular on some line. The singularity is smeared out within the distance ~ 10-11cm due to electron "vibrations" caused by its interaction with photons. Because of this localization, the large momentum uncertainty results in the local increase of the electron kinetic energy ~ 1 MeV. This energy enhancement is compensated by the local reduction of zero point energy of photons which can be considered as a potential well producing anomalous electron binding. The electron in this well gets to its bottom emitting photons of the total energy ~ 1 MeV (anomalous emission). These effects can occur in a solid when its surface is bombarded by ions with the energy ~ 1 keV. Photons, produced inside the solid, escape from it and can be detected in addition to the usual Bremsstrahlung of incident ions
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Electromagnetismo,
Física,
Irradiación con iones,
Enlace de electrones
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Electromagnetism,
Physics,
Ion irradiation,
Electron binding
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