Progress on the journey to put field electron emission onto a better scientific basis

2023/05/23 by Richard G. Forbes, Sergey V. Filippov, Forbes, Richard G. +5
Engineering · Materials Science · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) #Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates #Plasma Diagnostics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2305.13845

openalex publication_date 2023/05/23 · openalex created_date 2023/05/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper forms part of a long-term project to put field electron emission (FE) onto a better scientific basis, by seeking reliable quantitative agreement between theory and experiment, especially as regards emission-current values. The main paper aims are: (1) to respond to remarks made in recent papers; (2) to restate the thinking behind our 2022 methodology for choosing between different FE models using experiments; (3) to assess progress; and (4) to make further suggestions about improved approaches.

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