The first Web version of the NIST Elastic-Scattering Cross-Section Database
the installation program for version 3.2 was changed so that it would operate on newer versions of the windows operating system. there were no changes or additions to the data in the database although a new about box was added to the main menu. this box shows two references, a 2004 critical review [1] and a 2005 review [2], that discuss evaluations of the compiled data, methods of determination, and uncertainty.
The database calculates parameters for random number generators that provide the scattering angles for Monte Carlo simulations of electron transport in AES, XPS, and other applications. Portable FORTRAN codes for these generators are included. These codes facilitate considerably the development of Monte Carlo programs for simulating electron transport.
This version contained two major changes.
In addition, it is possible in Version 3.0 to create and/or print files illustrating variation of differential elastic-scattering cross sections versus scattering angle for one or more elements or for one or more energies. Some of the database screens were redesigned as a result of the increase in the upper electron-energy limit to 300 keV.
In this version, the upper electron-energy limit was extended to 20 000 eV, and phase shifts and transport cross sections were also provided. The elastic-scattering cross sections, phase shifts, and transport cross sections, however, were obtained only with a relativistic model because this was believed to be more reliable than the non-relativistic model.