Electron–phonon coupling in the surface electronic states on Pd(111)

We present an ab initio study of the electron–phonon interaction in the surface electronic states on Pd(111). The calculations based on density-functional theory were carried out using a linear response approach and a mixed-basis pseudopotential method. We find that the electron–phonon coupling on P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Sklyadneva, Irina Yu., Heid, Rolf, Bohnen, Klaus-Peter, Chulkov, Eugene V.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/224622
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/224622
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:We present an ab initio study of the electron–phonon interaction in the surface electronic states on Pd(111). The calculations based on density-functional theory were carried out using a linear response approach and a mixed-basis pseudopotential method. We find that the electron–phonon coupling on Pd(111) both in the surface electronic states and at the Fermi energy is largely determined by bulk electronic states and bulk phonon modes. It is shown that the strength of the electron–phonon interaction and its variation with electron energy and momentum depend first of all on the particular surface energy band. However, the directional anisotropy in the electron–phonon coupling is weak.