Scattering — is a general physical process where some forms of radiation, such as light, sound, or moving particles, are forced to deviate from a straight trajectory by one or more localized non uniformities in the medium through which they pass. In… … Wikipedia
Scattering length — The scattering length in quantum mechanics describes low energy scattering. It is represented by the term a. General concept When a slow particle scatters off a short ranged scatterer (e.g. an impurity in a solid or a heavy particle) it cannot… … Wikipedia
Low-energy ion scattering — LEIS redirects here; for the Hawaiian garland see Lei (Hawaii). Low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), sometimes referred to simply as ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), is a surface sensitive analytical technique used to characterize the … Wikipedia
Inelastic scattering — In particle physics and chemistry, inelastic scattering is a fundamental scattering process in which the kinetic energy of an incident particle is not conserved (in contrast to elastic scattering). In an inelastic scattering process, some of the… … Wikipedia
X-ray Raman scattering — (XRS) is non resonant inelastic scattering of x rays from core electrons. It is analogous to Raman scattering, which is a largely used tool in optical spectroscopy, with the difference being that the wavelengths of theexciting photons fall in the … Wikipedia
Monte Carlo methods for electron transport — The Monte Carlo method for electron transport is a semiclassical Monte Carlo(MC) approach of modeling semiconductor transport. Assuming the carrier motion consists of free flights interrupted by scattering mechanisms, a computer is utilized to… … Wikipedia
Cross section (physics) — A cross section is the effective area which governs the probability of some scattering or absorption event. Together with particle density and path length, it can be used to predict the total scattering probability via the Beer Lambert law. In… … Wikipedia
Electron mobility — This article is about the mobility for electrons and holes in metals and semiconductors. For the general concept, see Electrical mobility. In solid state physics, the electron mobility characterizes how quickly an electron can move through a… … Wikipedia
Fano resonance — In physics, a Fano resonance, in contrast with a Breit–Wigner resonance, is a resonance for which the corresponding profile in the cross section has the so called Fano shape, i.e. it can be fitted with a function proportional to::{(q Gamma… … Wikipedia
Sum rule — may refer to: *Sum rule in differentiation *Sum rule in integration *Rule of sum, a counting principle in combinatorics *Sum rule in quantum mechanics *in quantum field theory, a sum rule is a property of the sum of the scattering probability… … Wikipedia