2006/09/05 by M. Becker, Michael A. Becker, S. Crampin +2
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s00339-007-4059-9
arxiv created 2006/09/05 · openalex publication_date 2007/06/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present a theoretical many-body analysis of the electron-electron (e-e) inelastic damping rate Γ of electron-like excitations in the Shockley surface state band of Ag(111). It takes into account ab-initio band structures for both bulk and surface states. Γ is found to increase more rapidly as a function of surface state energy E than previously reported, thus leading to an improved agreement with experimental data.