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Transition Rates for Auger and Other Processes in Situations far Removed from Thermal Equilibrium
Author(s) -
Pickin W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220980115
Subject(s) - detailed balance , auger effect , auger , thermal equilibrium , recombination , ionization , balance (ability) , distribution function , atomic physics , distribution (mathematics) , thermal , semiconductor , function (biology) , physics , statistical physics , thermodynamics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , medicine , ion , biochemistry , gene , physical medicine and rehabilitation , evolutionary biology , biology
Recombination rates into traps in semiconductors are usually calculated from the corresponding ionization rates by application of the principle of detailed balance; but this procedure is only valid if the carrier distribution function is Maxwellian. Results are presented which allow the calculation of Auger and other recombination rates for an arbitrary heated carrier distribution. They are shown to reduce to the detailed‐balance results when the distribution is Maxwellian.