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A quantum mechanical treatment of the mirror electron microscope

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A wave mechanical description of the electron beam in a mirror electron microscope is given. First the Schrödinger equation of the electron beam is set up, from which the wave function is obtained. Then the probability current density is derived, which turns out to be a useful expression to clarify the formation of the image on the screen.

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  1. A. J. Hermans

    Present address: Courant Institute, New York University, USA

  2. J. A. Petterson

    Present address: Dept. of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    A. J. Hermans & J. A. Petterson

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Hermans, A.J., Petterson, J.A. A quantum mechanical treatment of the mirror electron microscope. J Eng Math 4, 141–154 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01535086

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