The surface magnetism of Gd(0001) films is studied using spin resolved
electron spectroscopies. Both a canted surface magnetization vector o
ut of the plane of the film and an enhanced surface magnetic ordering
temperature 60 +/- 2 K higher than the bulk Curie temperature are obse
rved. Our results show that the surface magnetic layer behaves as a se
parate entity from the bulk. The in-plane component of surface magneti
zation aligns ferromagnetically to the bulk. Spin resolved photoemissi
on from the Gd 4f core levels shows almost-equal-to 65% spin polarizat
ion at 150 K, which extrapolates to almost-equal-to 91% at 0 K.