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The (e,2e) reaction has been used for many years as a probe of target electronic structure of atoms and molecules 1. The notation (e,2e) refers to a process in which ari incident electron (energy E o, momentum p o) knocks out a target electron, with subsequent detection of both outgoing electrons in time coincidence. After detection of the (e,2e) event, the energies (E f and E s ) and momenta (p f and p s ) of both outgoing electrons are determined. Here indices f and s specify the faster and the slower of the two outgoing electrons, respectively.
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Kheifets, A.S., Vos, M., Canney, S.A., Guo, X., McCarthy, I.E., Weigold, E. (1997). Electron-Momentum Spectroscopy of Solids by the (e,2e) Reaction. In: Whelan, C.T., Walters, H.R.J. (eds) Coincidence Studies of Electron and Photon Impact Ionization. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9751-0_30
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