Publications

Z. Insepov, A. Hassanein, and D. Swenson, "Computer Simulation of Surface Modification with Ion Beams," Preprint ANL/MCS-P1364-0706, July 2006. [pdf]

Niobium surface modification dynamics treated by cluster ion irradiation was studied based on atomistic and mesoscopic simulation methods, and the results were compared to experiments. A surface smoothening method was proposed consisting of a treatment of the Nb cavity surfaces by accelerated gas (argon) cluster ion beams that is capable of reducing the surface roughness up to the theoretical limit.