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A Thermal Spike Model of the Amorphization of Insulators by High-Energy Heavy-Ion Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

G. Szenes
G. Szenes*
Affiliation:
Institute for General Physics, Eötvös University, H-1088 Muzeum krt 6-8, Budapest, Hungary
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Abstract

A model based on the assumption of a Gaussian temperature distribution in the thermal spike well accounts for the basic features of latent track formation. In good agreement with the observations it predicts a logarithmic variation of the track size for 2.7≥Se/Set≥1 and a linear variation for Se/Set≥2.7, where Se is the electronic stopping power and Set is a threshold value. The model also provides a quantitative relation between Set and the thermal properties of the target. A weak temperature dependence of track formation is predicted in agreement with the experiments.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 373: Symposium Y – Microstructure of Irradiated Materials , 1994 , 365
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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