Kinetic energy of a
primary ion after a collision.
Note: Following binary elastic scattering, the kinetic energy of the primary or
probe ions,
\(E_{\rm{s}}\), is given by
\(E_{\rm{s}} = E_{0}[M_{0}/(M_{0}+M_{1})]^{2} \{\cos\theta + [(M_{0}/M_{1})^{2} - \sin^{2}\theta]^{½}\}^{2}\) where
\(E_{0}\) is the kinetic energy of the incident probe ion prior to scattering;
\(M_{0}\) is the mass of the probe ion;
\(M_{1}\) is the mass of the target atom;
\(\theta\) is the angle between the initial and final velocity vectors for the probe ion, as determined from a common origin in the laboratory coordinate system, expressed as a value between
\(\pu{0\!^{\circ}}\) and
\(\pu{180\!^{\circ}}\).
Source:
PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1835 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0404)