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Title: Anharmonic surface vibrations in photoemission from alkali metals

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
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  1. AT T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974 (United States)

The phonon widths of outermost core-electron photoemission spectra from (110)-oriented overlayers of Na, K, and Rb metals show the expected Debye behavior for the bulk atoms, but significant deviations for the surface atoms. The data indicate a softening of the surface vibrational mode above 200 K. This effect, which is weak in Na but strong in K and Rb, demonstrates that the vibrational mode normal to the surface is anharmonic.

OSTI ID:
5428440
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 49:3; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English