1. PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUE

• 1.1. The nature of ionization spectra
• 1.2. The role of elastic scattering in ionization spectrum formation for reflection geometry
• 1.3. Inelastic electron scattering
• 1.4. IL contour
• 1.5. Fine structure of ionization spectrum
• 1.6. Ionization losses
• 1.7. Opportunities of ionization spectroscopy

In the reflection geometry the primary electron must change its initial direction of movement by an angle usually greater than 90 in order to leave the solid body after the energy loss. This can happen either directly in the act of core level excitation (single stage model of IL formation), or as a result of one or several elastic collisions of the electron on the atoms in the sample (two stage model). These models were inspected experimentally [Ref 4]. It was shown that, the major role in reflective ionization spectrum formation belongs to the processes of elastic electron scattering. There is a review by Nakhodkin N.G. and Melnik P.V. devoted to elastic scattering [Ref 6].

Look further: 1.3. Inelastic electron scattering