Scattering of atoms and molecules by solid surfaces

Abstract The field of scattering of atoms and molecules by solid surfaces has been reviewed more than a dozen times during this decade; among the earliest such reviews are three1–3 by the author. A good general picture of the field as it stood about 2 years ago may be obtained from References 1 to 8; the review in Reference 9 is a subset of Reference 6. The paper by Barantsev10 is particularly useful for “scattering function modeling,” as is Wehtberg's,11 for listing scattering theories and for discussing experimental aspects of lobular scatter ing. Beeby12 comments on the Debye-Waller and buk-surface separation problems. A rather specialized, but fairly complete, review of the energy accommodation coefficient (EAC) appears in Reference 13. Finally, if only for purposes of advertising, the recent monograph14 by Goodman and Wachman should be mentioned.