Nonadiabatic effects in charge transfer in atom-surface scattering

Journal Article · Sat Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1995 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.2988· OSTI ID:76476

Shao, H; Nordlander, P ^[1]; Langreth, D C ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251-1892 (United States)
2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-0849 (United States)

Using a recently developd many-body theory, we investigate the velocity dependence of charge transfer in atom-surface scattering. We show that under certain conditions, intra-atomic correlation effects can introduce nontrivial sources of nonadiabaticity. For situations where a sharp Kondo resonance is formed near the Fermi energy, the system can exhibit strong nonadiabatic effects even at low velocities. This nonadiabatic behavior is caused by the relatively long-time scale for the formation or survival of the Kondo peak.

• OSTI ID: 76476
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 52, Issue 4; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jul 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ATOM COLLISIONS
SCATTERING
ELECTRON TRANSFER
SURFACES
MANY-BODY PROBLEM
FERMI LEVEL
KONDO EFFECT
VELOCITY
COULOMB FIELD