Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-57-C8-58
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988815
INELASTIC ELECTRON SCATTERING AND ELECTRON-HOLE EXCITATIONS IN IRON AND NICKEL
J. A. Blackman1 et J. F. Cooke21 Dept. of Physics, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 220, Reading RG6 2AF, G.B.
2 Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, U.S.A.
Abstract
Spin-flip and non-spin-flip mechanisms have been proposed to explain polarization asymmetry in inelastic electron scattering from iron and nickel. A maximum in the asymmetry near 2 eV in iron can occur by both mechanisms. The 300 meV maximum in nickel is unlikely to occur by non-spin-flip transitions.