Energetics of thermal inactivation of excitonically-induced defect formation in rare-gas solids

TL;DR

This paper investigates the thermodynamics behind the thermal inactivation of defect formation caused by excitons in rare-gas solids, using experimental data fitted to temperature-dependent models.

Contribution

It provides thermodynamic parameters for defect inactivation in rare-gas solids derived from experimental measurements under synchrotron radiation.

Findings

Thermodynamic parameters of defect inactivation were obtained.

Temperature dependence of defect formation rates was characterized.

Experimental data supports a thermodynamic model of defect inactivation.

Abstract

Thermodynamic parameters of thermal inactivation of excitonically induced defect formation in rare-gas solids have been obtained from the fitting of the temperature dependences of defect formation rates, which were measured under selective photoexcitation by synchrotron radiation.