Surface-state hole decay mechanisms: The Be(0001) surface
First-principle calculations and angle-resolved photoemission experiments are combined to analyze the different contributions to the surface-state hole dynamics at the Be(0001) surface. The computed inelastic electron-electron scattering rate γ is in good agreement with experiment once the electron-...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/98706 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/98706 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Sumario: | First-principle calculations and angle-resolved photoemission experiments are combined to analyze the different contributions to the surface-state hole dynamics at the Be(0001) surface. The computed inelastic electron-electron scattering rate γ is in good agreement with experiment once the electron-phonon contribution is subtracted. γ is strongly influenced by details of the surface band structure. In particular, the intraband transitions within the surface state itself ignored in traditional Fermi liquid theory contribute 65%-85% to γ. This intraband contribution and the highly spatial nonlocality of the self-energy makes the energy and momentum dependence of γ to be ∝(EF-E)α (with α<2) in contrast to the observed α≅2 value in noble and transition metal surfaces. |
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