Mytropol's'kyj I. Continuum radiation of silver surface during ion bombardment

Thesis is devoted to revealing, studying and determination of continuum radiation (CR) nature in ion-photon emission of silver. For the first time during bombardment of silver by H+, H2+, H3+, He+, Ne+, Ar+, Kr+, Kr++, N+, N2+, O+, O2+ ions of middle energy range the systematical data about spectral, angular, energies, polarization characters of CR had been obtained as well as influence on it of bombarded surface coverage. The analysis of this data gave the possibility to interpreted CR as radiative decay of silver surface plasmons. As it turned out the probability of surface plasmon excitation is conditioned by internal energy of ion – target system, in particular the transferring of energy to plasmon excitation occurs during processes of Auger – neutralization on incoming ions near the surface. The correlation between physical – chemical parameters of surface and pecularities of silver surface plasmon radiation was established.