Physical Review Letters · 1977 · 63 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsSolid State PhysicsSurface ScienceSurface Chemistry Of SolidsSurface EnergeticsSurface PhysicsSurface ThermodynamicsBorn ApproximationPolarizationSticking ProbabilitySurface Sticking Coefficients
It is shown that because of a polarization effect the sticking coefficient of atoms on surfaces remains finite down to much lower temperatures than has hitherto been supposed on the basis of the Born approximation to the sticking process.
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The Motion of Slow Electrons in a Polar Crystal
T. D. Lee, F. E. Low, David Pines · Physical Review · 1953 · 1.3K citations