QUANTUM MECHANICS OF STICKING

W. Kohn
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W. Kohn: Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 1994, vol. 01, issue 01, 129-132

Abstract: The sticking coefficients(E)of an atom of low energyEstriking a solid surface is discussed, with emphasis on the threshold behavior asE→0. The subject is under active experimental and theoretical study, which is summarized. There is general agreement that a classical treatment of the motion of the incident and target atoms yieldss(E)→1asE→0. This paper, in disagreement with the work by Th. Martin, R. Bruinsma, and P. Platzman, argues that, quantum mechanically, for smallE, s(E)~E1/2for neutral incident atoms ands(E)→ α(

Date: 1994
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