《Electron Emission in Intense Electric Fields》.pdfVIP

Electron Emission in Intense Electric Fields Author(s): R. H. Fowler and L. Nordheim Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 119, No. 781 (May 1, 1928), pp. 173-181 Published by: The Royal Society Stable URL: /stable/95023 . Accessed: 21/10/2011 04:26 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. The Royal Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character. 173 Electron Emission in Intense Electric Fields. By R. H. FOWLER,F.R.S., and Dr. L. NORDHEIM. (Received March31, 1928.) ? 1. Introduction.-The main features of the phenomenon of the extraction of electrons from cold metals by intense electric fields are well known, and an approximate theory of the effect was first developed by Schottky.* More recently the experimental data have been much improved, notably by Millikan and Eyring,t and Millikan and Lauritsen:. The theory has been considered afresh by 0. W. Richardson? and by Houstonli working with Sommerfeld. It seems to us, however, that there is still room for improvement in the theo- retical exposition and its correlation with the experiments.