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Role of electrons in collision cascades in solids. II. Molecular dynamics

Abstract:

We present a model for the role of electrons in collision cascades in solids in which the coupling between ions and electrons is calculated using first-principles models and introduced into the classical ion equations of motion using our modified Langevin dynamics [A. Tamm et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 185501 (2018)10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.185501]. This model gives a full picture of the entire collision process, from the ballistic to the thermal phases of a cascade, giving a detailed representation of the energy exchange between ions and electrons until their final thermalization, removing in this way some ad hoc assumptions used in the state-of-the-art two-temperature model. This work is separated into two papers: Part I [M. Caro et al., Phys. Rev. B 99, 174301 (2019)10.1103/PhysRevB.99.174301] reports on the ab initio methodology used to translate stopping power into the parametrized dissipation function. Part II applies the nonadiabatic ion dynamics using the dissipation functions developed in Part I to specific collision cascade events.