Energetic charged-particle interactions with atmospheres and surfaces.
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Robert E Johnson
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Springer
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2012
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1 Introduction.- Background.- Plasma Environment.- Materials.- Overview of Effects Produced.- Units.- 2 Collision Physics.- Impact Parameter Cross Sections.- Elastic Collisions.- Interaction Potentials.- Inelastic Collisions.- Two-State Models: Charge Exchange.- Stopping Cross Section: Summary.- Appendix to Chapter 2.- 3 Interaction with Surfaces.- Particle Penetration and Implantation.- Secondary Particles and the Partitioning of Energy.- Spatial Distribution of Deposited Energy.- Chemical Alterations in the Gas Phase.- Solid State Radiolysis.- Sputtering of a Solid.- Sputtering of Multicomponent Materials.- Mixing, Adhesion, and Desorption.- Electronically Induced Desorption.- Sputtering of a Solid: Electronic Stimulation.- Track Production.- Chemical Effects in Sputtering.- Appendix to Chapter 3.- 4 Plasma Erosion and Modification of Natural Surfaces and Atmospheres.- Plasma Bombardment.- Sputter Erosion.- Changes in Surface Albedos.- Alteration of Surfaces.- Formation of New Molecules in the Surface.- Atmospheric Alterations.- Sputtering vs. Sublimation.- Sputtering in the Presence of Gravity.- Atmospheric Escape.- Plasma Heating and Production of an Extended Corona.- Production of a Neutral Torus.- Accumulation of a Magnetospheric Plasma.- Summary.- Appendix to Chapter 4.- References.- List of Symbols.- Bibliography of Useful Texts and Reviews.