Elastische Energieverluste kristallgestreuter Elektronen

Elastic energy losses due to scattering of fast electrons (20–40keV) by crystals into large angles (≧45⁰) are experimentally and theoretically investigated. Energy losses up to a few electron volts appear, which depend on the mass of the atoms composing the crystal, of the scattering angle, and of the primary energy of the electrons. These results agree with the assumption of elastic scattering by single atoms and not by the crystal as a whole. The width of the energy losses increases with the energy loss himself, and with the temperature of the crystal. In a first theoretical approximation this effect can be explained by the thermal motion of free atoms.