Abstract
Theoretical calculations and scanning-tunneling spectroscopy measurements of the hole lifetime broadening, in a quantum-well state for 0.95 and 1.0 monolayers of Na on Cu(111) are reported. A model potential is proposed for calculating quantum-well states in a monolayer on metal surfaces. The inelastic electron-electron contribution, is evaluated within the approximation by using eigenfunctions and eigenenergies obtained with this model potential. The electron-phonon contribution, is computed by employing Debye and Einstein models as well as a first-principle ultrasoft pseudopotential method. The obtained theoretical results are in excellent agreement with experimental data, both showing a surprisingly large difference in the lifetime broadening for 0.95 and 1.0 monolayers which is attributed mostly to changes in the electronic structure.
- Received 15 April 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.195422
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