Atomic helium scattering and diffraction from solid surfaces
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It is shown that whether or not diffractive scattering is observed from solid surfaces depends not only on the elastic scattering cross section, ie the normalized Debye-Waller factor, as has been recently suggested by J L Beeby but also on the surface structure or local surface potential of the particular solid.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001