Excitation of Plasmons and Interband Transitions by Electrons

Volume plasmons.- The dielectric function and the loss function of bound electrons.- Excitation of volume plasmons.- The energy loss spectrum of electrons and the loss function.- Experimental results.- The loss width.- The wave vector dependency of the energy of the volume plasmon.- Core excitations. Application to microanalysis.- Energy losses by excitation of Cerenkov radiation and guided light modes.- Surface excitations.- Different electron energy loss spectrometers.