Talk:Auger
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I'm not sure the desription of Auger electrons is correct. I've seen it described very differently elsewhere so this interpretation should be used with caution!
-The description of Auger recombination is from Advanced Semiconductor Fundamentals by Robert F Pierret. The key point of the process is when an electron goes from a higher energy state to the lower state, the excess energy is transferred to a second electron, which was already in a higer energy state. In the description I beleive you refer to, that second electron is ejected from the atom. In this description, because we're dealing with a semiconductor crystal, the second electron, as I understand, is in the conduction band initially and is not associated with any particular atom. This second electron is given energy above the normal energy levels in the conduction band, and eventually loses the energy through interactions with the crystal lattice.
-There are some differences in between the descriptions. The description given in Auger electron may be more accurate, maybe not. I'm not an expert enough to know. --69.5.156.155 16:59, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- The section Auger#Solid_state_physics is almost completely wrong while Auger electron and Auger electron spectroscopy are decent articles. I'm going to wipe out this section unless someone disagrees as there's no reason for the surface science content in this article anyway. Alison Chaiken 22:09, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
- What was needed here was a disambiguation page, Auger (disambiguation). A single article should never deal with several completely unrelated concepts, just because they happen to share the same name.--Srleffler 15:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you, that's much better!--Alison Chaiken 18:29, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
- What was needed here was a disambiguation page, Auger (disambiguation). A single article should never deal with several completely unrelated concepts, just because they happen to share the same name.--Srleffler 15:58, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm just curious if anyone knows about the seeing into the future type Augur, or is that just a modern fantasy term? Highlandlord 18:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
