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Timothy J. Gay Publications

2001

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Monte Carlo Studies Of Mott Scattering Asymmetries From Gold Foils, M. A. Khakoo, D. Roundy, C. Hicks, N. Margolis, E. Yeung, A. W. Ross, Timothy J. Gay Oct 2001

Monte Carlo Studies Of Mott Scattering Asymmetries From Gold Foils, M. A. Khakoo, D. Roundy, C. Hicks, N. Margolis, E. Yeung, A. W. Ross, Timothy J. Gay

Timothy J. Gay Publications

We present the results of a series of model Monte Carlo calculations of the scattering of spin-polarized electrons from gold foil targets. Our calculations examine the behavior of the left-right scattering asymmetry A as a function of various parameters conventionally used in extrapolation of the left-right asymmetry to single atom and/or elastic scattering conditions. These parameters include target thickness, scattered count rate, and the maximum energy that an electron can have lost in the target and still be detected. Data are obtained at incident electron energies of 10–120 keV, with detector-subtended half-cone angles of 5°, 10°, and 20°, and gold …


A Theoretical Study Of The Effects Of Insulators On Electron Transport Through Electrostatic Tube Lenses, T. G. Anderson, B. G. Birdsey, S. M. Woeher, Mark A. Rosenberry, Timothy J. Gay Jul 2001

A Theoretical Study Of The Effects Of Insulators On Electron Transport Through Electrostatic Tube Lenses, T. G. Anderson, B. G. Birdsey, S. M. Woeher, Mark A. Rosenberry, Timothy J. Gay

Timothy J. Gay Publications

Using the computer program SIMION 6, we have studied the effects of spurious insulator charging on the trajectories of electrons through electrostatic tube lenses. We considered lens elements with flat ends, spaced a distance g apart, whose inner diameter D=10g. For the standard cases of drift tubes, two-element lenses, and einzel lenses, we found that charging effects are eliminated if t/g>3.5, where t is the distance between the lens inner diameter and the charged spacing insulator.