THERMAL ROUGHENING OF CU(115) - AN ENERGY-RESOLVED HELIUM-ATOM-BEAM SCATTERING STUDY

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作者
ERNST, HJ [1 ]
FOLKERTS, R [1 ]
SCHWENGER, L [1 ]
机构
[1] CEA SACLAY,DEPT RECH ETAT CONDENSEE ATOMS MOLEC,SERV RECH SURFACES & IRRADIAT MAT,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1995年 / 52卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.8461
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T [工业技术];
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摘要
The structure of the Cu(115) surface has been investigated in the temperature range between 160 and 700 K with energy-resolved helium-atom-beam scattering. The ''power-law'' diffraction pro tiles found in previous helium-scattering experiments without energy analysis are shown to be the result of inelastic (phonon) scattering. In our energy-resolved measurements, the line shapes of the elastically scattered intensity can be described by a two-dimensional Lorentzian. This asserts that on this surface a possible crossover of the height difference correlation function to the expected logarithmic behavior might only occur for distances larger than about 100 Angstrom (perpendicular to the average step direction).
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页码:8461 / 8470
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