Classification of Exoelectron Emission Mechanisms

Abstract

This paper presents a classification of the processes of slow electron emission in solids when excited and stimulated in different ways. All these processes belong to the so-called exoelectron emission (EEE). We examine phenomenological theories which explain the basic experimental evidence of the non-stationary thermoemission (TEE). The EEE is described in terms of a kinetic theory close to luminescence theory. The experimental criteria suggested for distinguishing different types of exoelectron emission mechanisms can be used for any broad-band emitters.