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The theory of the extraction of electrons from metals by positive ions and metastable atoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

H. S. W. Massey
H. S. W. Massey
Affiliation:
Trinity College
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It has long been known that positive ions are capable of ejecting electrons from a metal surface, and it has recently been shown by Oliphant that metastable atoms of helium are capable of producing the same effects. In view of the importance of these phenomena in the theory of discharge processes and of their intrinsic interest, it is desirable to consider the theory of the effect in the light of the Sommerfeld theory of metals and the analytic methods of wave mechanics.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , July 1930 , pp. 386 - 401
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1930

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