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Alternative title: Extended Mermin Method for Calculating the Electron Inelastic Mean Free Path

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We propose an improved method for calculating electron inelastic mean free paths (IMFPs) in solids from experimental energy-loss functions (ELFs) based on the Mermin dielectric function. The “extended Mermin” method is much simpler over a wide energy range than the traditional approach. We employ negative oscillators to obtain accurate ELFs; these naturally preserve two important sum rules when extending to infinite momentum transfer. Excellent agreement is found between calculated IMFPs for Cu and experimental measurements from elastic peak electron spectroscopy. Notably improved fits to x-ray absorption fine structure measurements of Cu and Mo at low energy illustrate the method’s strength.

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Keyword: inelastic mean free path, Mermin method

Date published: 2014-08-07

Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

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• PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (ISSN: 00319007) vol. 113 issue. 6 p. 63201-63201

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Manuscript type: Author's version (Accepted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.3879

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.063201

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