Electron hole pair mediated vibrational excitation in CO scattering from Au(111): Incidence energy and surface temperature dependence
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Georg August University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen (Germany)
We investigated the translational incidence energy (E{sub i}) and surface temperature (T{sub s}) dependence of CO vibrational excitation upon scattering from a clean Au(111) surface. We report absolute v = 0 → 1 excitation probabilities for E{sub i} between 0.16 and 0.84 eV and T{sub s} between 473 and 973 K. This is now only the second collision system where such comprehensive measurements are available – the first is NO on Au(111). For CO on Au(111), vibrational excitation occurs via direct inelastic scattering through electron hole pair mediated energy transfer – it is enhanced by incidence translation and the electronically non-adiabatic coupling is about 5 times weaker than in NO scattering from Au(111). Vibrational excitation via the trapping desorption channel dominates at E{sub i} = 0.16 eV and quickly disappears at higher E{sub i}.
- OSTI ID:
- 22308242
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 141, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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