The formal derivation of an exact series expansion for the principal Schottky–Nordheim barrier functionv, using the Gauss hypergeometric differential equation

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/39/395301MaRDI QIDQ3531179zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Richard G. Forbes, Jonathan Deane

Publication date 21 October 2008

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/41/39/395301

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal polynomials and functions of hypergeometric type (Jacobi, Laguerre, Hermite, Askey scheme, etc.) (33C45) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20)

Recommendations

• Reformulation of the standard theory of Fowler–Nordheim tunnelling and cold field electron emission
• Validation of the power series solution for the modified Fowler-Nordheim-Schottky problem
• Transmission coefficients for the exact triangular barrier: an exact general analytical theory that can replace Fowler & Nordheim's 1928 theory
• Strong field electron emission and the Fowler-Nordheim-Schottky theory
• Derivation of a generalized Fowler-Nordheim equation for nanoscopic field-emitters

Cited in

(3)

• Emergence of a non-Fowler-nordheim-type behavior for a general planar tunneling barrier
• Validation of the power series solution for the modified Fowler-Nordheim-Schottky problem
• Reformulation of the standard theory of Fowler–Nordheim tunnelling and cold field electron emission

This page was built for publication: The formal derivation of an exact series expansion for the principal Schottky–Nordheim barrier functionv, using the Gauss hypergeometric differential equation

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3531179)