NEW INTERPRETATION OF PENNING SPECTRA FROM ALKALI-METAL ATOMS CHEMISORBED ON METAL-SURFACES

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HEMMEN, R
CONRAD, H
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[1] Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1314
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Penning deexcitation spectra of alkali atoms adsorbed on metals show an intense peak at the Fermi level for coverages around the work-function minimum. This strong electron emission is assigned to the decay of a core-excited negative He- ion created by resonance transition of a substrate electron into the affinity level of the metastable rare-gas atom. The formation of this species also easily provides an explanation for the observed He* singlet-triplet conversion.
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页码:1314 / 1317
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