Anomalous photon emission from a solid

Boris I. Ivlev

Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, 78000 México.

Received 4 May 2015. ]]> Accepted 22 May 2015.

Abstract

The solution of the wave equation for electron in a solid can be formally singular on some line. The singularity is smeared out within the distance ~ 10^-11cm due to electron "vibrations" caused by its interaction with photons. Because of this localization, the large momentum uncertainty results in the local increase of the electron kinetic energy ~ 1 MeV. This energy enhancement is compensated by the local reduction of zero point energy of photons which can be considered as a potential well producing anomalous electron binding. The electron in this well gets to its bottom emitting photons of the total energy ~ 1 MeV (anomalous emission). These effects can occur in a solid when its surface is bombarded by ions with the energy ~ 1 keV. Photons, produced inside the solid, escape from it and can be detected in addition to the usual Bremsstrahlung of incident ions.

Keywords: Ion irradiation; electron binding.

PACS: 79.20.Rf; 03.65.Ge.

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