Monte Carlo simulation of electron slowing down in indium

Transmission probability and energy distribution of electrons impinging on indium thin film targets

“…So far, no available data have been reported for the electron backscattering coefficient in the electron primary energy range of 1–5 keV in thin film In post‐transition metallic element, to the best of our knowledge. Nevertheless, in our recent paper, the electron backscattering coefficients of 1–5 keV impinging on semi‐infinite In targets were compared with those reported in the literature and found to be in a reasonably good agreement. This gives confidence in our used model and supports our prediction results for In thin film targets.…”

“…Monte Carlo methods require an accurate description of the processes by which electrons are slowed down in the solid target. For this, the elastic scattering process is in the present contribution described by using a modified Rutherford differential cross sections as described in details in our recent published paper …”

Positron backscattering from solid targets: Modeling of scattering processes via various approaches

“…In this context, we refer the interested reader to the recent reviews and monographs dealing with positrons as condensed matter and near-surface probes (Schultz and Lynn, 1988;Ishii, 1992;Puska and Nieminen, 1994;Dupasquier and Mills, 1995;Nieminen, 1995). To study the penetration of charged particles in solids, the Monte-Carlo (MC) codes appears as the best-suited tools since able to model step by step, interaction after interaction the full history of the incident particle as well as that of all the secondary species created along the primary track in matter (Shimizu and Ze-Jun, 1992;Dapor, 1991Dapor, , 1992Dapor, , 2003Sobol, 1975;Jensen et al, 1990;Rouabah et al, 2015). Thus, by comparing the parameters obtained from the Monte Carlo simulation with experiments, one can get information about the accuracy of the modeling of the scattering processes used in the simulation.…”