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Surface effect on the valence band Auger spectra of metals
Author(s) -
Bose Shyamalendu M.,
Foo ENi
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.740010403
Subject(s) - auger , atomic physics , auger electron spectroscopy , work function , auger effect , electron , spectral line , ion , chemistry , mean free path , valence band , conduction band , line (geometry) , metal , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , astronomy , nuclear physics , geometry , mathematics
The shifts of the high energy peaks of the KVV Auger line shape of Li(100) and the L 2,3 VV Auger line shape of Al(100) due to surface localization in the presence of a finite work function for the conduction electrons have been calculated. The results are sensitively dependent on the relative values of the distance of the surface a from the first layer of ions and the mean free path λ of the ejected Auger electrons.