Observation of microscopic CO dynamics on Cu(001) using 3He spin-echo spectroscopy -: art. no. 156103

被引:38
作者
Alexandrowicz, G [1 ]
Jardine, AP [1 ]
Fouquet, P [1 ]
Dworski, S [1 ]
Allison, W [1 ]
Ellis, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.156103
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
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We present momentum resolved measurements of quasielastic helium atom scattering made using a new He-3 spin-echo spectrometer. Our data for the dynamics of CO on Cu(001) indicates an activated jump mechanism which we analyze in detail using molecular dynamics simulations. A nearly isotropic potential energy surface is found with an average barrier height of similar to125 meV, yielding comparable hopping rates along both the <110> and <100> directions. The measurements provide the first rigorous experimental test of state-of-the-art first-principles calculations previously made on this system.
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