Lifetime of Image Surface States
- 18 November 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 55 (21), 2348-2350
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.2348
Abstract
A quantitative evaluation of the lifetime of image-potential-induced surface states is presented for the first time. It is shown that Auger processes give contributions to those linewidths of a few thousandth of an electronvolt; these widths are much narrower than the values experimentally reported, which seem to be limited by the experimental resolution. Increased resolution could provide experimental information on inelastic interactions at surfaces.Keywords
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