Rainbows in Channeling of Charged Particles in Crystals and Nanotubes

Authors are experts in the field, having discovered the phenomena and formulated the theory of crystal rainbows;Describes both analytical and numerical approaches to ion channeling;
Covers the latest advances, including rainbow effects in crystals and nanotubes, crystal rainbows as catastrophes, and ion beam bending with nanotubes.

Inhalt
Preface.- Rainbows.- Optical Rainbows.- Particle Rainbows.- Ion Channeling.- Analytical Approach to Ion Channeling.- Computer Simulation of Ion Channeling.- Crystal Rainbows.- Ion Channeling in Very Thin Crystals.- Crystal Rainbows as Elementary Catastrophes.- Theory of Crystal Rainbows.- Zero-Degree Focusing Effect.- Superfocusing Effect.- Rainbows in Proton Channeling in Silicon Crystals.- Rainbow Interaction Potentials.- Multiplicity of the Inverse Process.- Evolution of Crystal Rainbows.- Doughnut Effect.- Rainbows with Protons and Carbon Nanotubes.- Rainbows with a Straight Short Bundle of Nanotubes.- Rainbows with a Straight Short Nanotube with Defects.- Rainbows with a Bent Short Nanotube.- Rainbows with Straight Long Nanotubes.- Rainbows with Positrons and Carbon Nanotubes.- Rainbow Diagrams.- Quantum Theory of the Process.- Spatial Primary Rainbows.- Angular Primary Rainbows.- Anharmonicity of the Interaction.