Energy of an excited atomic configuration in alloys

We investigate a model relating the excitation caused by ion bombardment of a metal substrate to the formation of an additional energy minimum relative to the equilibrium state for the excited atomic configuration. We present an explanation of the effects of changing the boundaries of solid solutions during ion implantation. V. D. Kuznetsov Siberian Physicotechnical Institute, Tomsk University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 37–40, July, 1996.