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Molecular-orbital theory for the stopping power of atoms in the low velocity regime:the case of helium in alkali metals

Jose J. Dorado, F. Flores

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/9302015

Abstract

A free-parameter linear-combination-of-atomic-orbitals approach is presented for analyzing the stopping power of slow ions moving in a metal. The method is applied to the case of He moving in alkali metals. Mean stopping powers for He present a good agreement with local-density-approximation calculations. Our results show important variations in the stopping power of channeled atoms with respect to their mean values.

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