1998/08/11 by I. Campillo, J. M. Pitarke, A. G. Eguiluz · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques #Ion-surface interactions and analysis #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.58.10307
published as Phys. Rev. B 58, 10307 (1998) · 21 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B
arxiv created 1998/08/11 · openalex publication_date 1998/10/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Ab initio calculations of the electronic energy loss of ions moving in aluminum crystal are presented, within linear-response theory, from a realistic description of the one-electron band structure and a full treatment of the dynamical electronic response of valence electrons. For the evaluation of the density-response function we use the random-phase approximation and, also, a time-dependent extension of local-density-functional theory. We evaluate both position-dependent and random stopping powers, for a wide range of projectile velocities. Our results indicate that at low velocities band-structure effects slightly enhance the stopping power. At velocities just above the threshold velocity for plasmon excitation, the stopping power of the real solid is found to be smaller than that of jellium electrons, corrections being of about 10%. This reduction can be understood from sum rule arguments.