SELECTIVE ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF ELECTRONS FROM IMAGE POTENTIALSTATES

Authors
ROCCA M MORESCO F
Citation
M. Rocca et F. Moresco, SELECTIVE ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF ELECTRONS FROM IMAGE POTENTIALSTATES, Physical review letters, 73(6), 1994, pp. 822-825
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
73
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
822 - 825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)73:6<822:SAADOE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report on the first observation of selective adsorption and desorpt ion of low energy electrons, scattering off surfaces at low energy. Th e phenomenon, which is masked by interference effects for the elastic interaction, shows up in the energy loss spectrum. For electrons scatt ered inelastically off Ag(001), we observe sharp and intense features for the kinematical conditions corresponding to selective adsorption a nd selective desorption involving the image potential states.