in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
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Starting from the primary electron beam, both the photon and neutron radiation fields have been fully characterized.
Schwengner R., Schramm G., Schilling K.-D., Matič A., Massarczyk R., Kögler T., KempeM., Junghans A., Grosse E., Hannaske R., Claussner J., Birgersson E., Ferrari A.,Beyer R., Wagner A., Weiss F.P., Yakorev D. 2010, 'Optimization aspects of the new nELBE photo-neutron source', EPJ Web of Conferenceshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100805002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Distinguishing electronic and vibrational coherences helps to clarify the near-unity efficiency of primary electron transfer in reaction centres.
Fei Ma, Elisabet Romero, Michael R. Jones, Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin, Rienk van Grondelle 2019, 'Both electronic and vibrational coherences are involved in primary electron transferin bacterial reaction center', Nature Communicationshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41467-019-08751-8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)