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The theory of the extraction of electrons from metals by metastable atoms, II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

H. S. W. Massey
H. S. W. Massey
Affiliation:
Trinity College
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In a previous paper the nature of the phenomena occurring when electrons are ejected from metal surfaces by the impact of metastable atoms and positive ions was discussed. It was shown that electrons may be ejected by excited atoms at considerable distances from the surface, and by considering the case of an excited hydrogen atom at the centre of a spherical cavity in the metal the order of magnitude of the effects to be expected and the velocity distribution of the ejected electrons was determined. In this paper the theory will be extended in two directions.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1931 , pp. 460 - 468
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1931

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* Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. vol. 26, p. 386 (1930)Google Scholar. Referred to throughout as I.

† Proc. Roy. Soc. A, in course of publication.

* Note added in proof. A more accurate calculation of exchange effects allowing for distortion of the electron waves by the atomic field shows that the probability should decrease even more rapidly with velocity than the simple theory above gives, in closer agreement with experiment.

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* Owing to roughness of the surface there will be no sharp boundary but the general features should be reproduced.

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