The methods and the experimental technique for investigating desorption stimulated by electronic excitations (DSEE) under electron and photon irradiation of the surface of a solid are described. The most general experimental results of DSEE research on adsorption systems with different kinds of bonding are systematized. The basic DSEE models involving single- and multi-electron excitations are discussed as well as the effect on the characteristics of DSEE of relaxation of excitations as a particle is moved away from the surface. Various applications of methods based on DSEE for studying the condition of the surface of a solid and the processes occurring on it are described. The prospects of predicting stability under irradiation of adsorption systems and film coverings when their electronic subsystem is excited are discussed.

PT Journal Article
TI Desorption stimulated by electronic excitations
AU Ageev V N
FAU Ageev VN
AU Burmistrova O P
FAU Burmistrova OP
AU Kuznetsov Yu A
FAU Kuznetsov YA
DP 10 Jul, 1989
TA Phys. Usp.
VI 32
IP 7
PG 588-604
RX 10.1070/PU1989v032n07ABEH002737
URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1989/7/b/
SO Phys. Usp. 1989 Jul 10;32(7):588-604