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[bug] Error in Bohdansky sputtering yield formula in formulas.py

Open drobnyjt opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments
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Description In the Bohdansky formula located in scripts/formulas.py, the factor R_Rp, which is R/Rp, should instead be (R_Rp)^(-1), that is, Rp/R.

Additional context Interestingly, for many targets this makes the results of the original Bohdansky formula significantly worse. Later versions swapped out the prefactor in the formula with an empirical one. It might be worth using the 'revised' Bohdansky formula from Garcia-Rosales et al. instead of the original Bohdansky one.

drobnyjt avatar May 03 '24 18:05 drobnyjt