The dynamics of He ion neutralization at a xenon film: Energy- and spin-resolved studies

The neutralization of He⁺ ions with energies in the range 10-500 eV at an adsorbed xenon layer is examined both by analyzing the energy distribution of electrons ejected from the surface and by use of spin-labeling techniques, specifically the use of electron-spin-polarized He⁺ ions coupled with measurement of the ejected electron polarization. The data indicate that neutralization proceeds via an Auger process similar to that which occurs at a clean high-work-function metal surface. At the higher ion energies, however, kinetic ejection becomes important and provides an increasing contribution to the total electron yield.     

Xe(4d~(10))(e,2e)反应三重微分截面的理论研究

采用修正后的扭曲波玻恩近似理论,计算了共面不对称几何条件下Xe(4d~(10))(e,2e)反应的三重微分截面.散射电子能量为1000 eV,敲出电子能量为20 eV,散射电子角度分别固定在2°,4°和7.5°.理论计算与Avaldi等人的实验结果和扭曲波玻恩近似理论计算进行了比较,发现出射电子之间的后碰撞相互作用较弱,极化效应在反应过程中起着重要作用.     

Quasi-binary incident electron—centre of mass collision in (e, 3e) process on He and He-like ions

We present in this communication the results of our first Born calculation in the three-Coulomb (3C) wave approach for the (e, 3e) process on He and He-like ions at an incident electron energy 5599 eV in the coplanar constant θ12 as well as out-of-plane constant φ12 modes. These two geometrical modes are such that the quasi-binary collision between the incident electron and centre of mass of the ejected electrons is in the scattering plane. The theoretical formalism has been developed using plane waves, Le Sech wave function and approximated BBK-type wave function respectively for the incident and scattered, bound and ejected electrons to calculate five-fold differential crosssection (FDCS) of the (e, 3e) process. We emphasize on the similarities and dissimilarities (asymmetries) in the angular profile of the FDCS in two modes as well as the effects of post-collision interaction (between the ejected electrons) and nuclear chargeZ on the angular profile of the FDCS. We observe that with the increment of nuclear charge the two quasi-binary collisions approach towards identical behaviour at larger mutual angles and thus bringing less asymmetry in FDCS for higherZ target.     

Electron ejection by helium metastable atoms incident on the clean and chalcogen covered Ni(100) surface

An intense, essentially photon free, helium metastable beam has been used to cause electron ejection from the clean, oxygen and sulphur covered Ni(100) surface, in a system equiped with an AES facility to monitor surface cleanness. The ejected electron energy distribution obtained for the clean Ni(100) surface is narrow and peaked at ～2 eV, unlike the distribution obtained from INS studies, and consequently indicates different de-excitation mechanisms for incident ions and excited atoms. The ejected electron distribution from the adsorbate covered surface is also narrow, but peaked at ～1 eV with structure which is essentially independent of the nature of the adsorbate. The yield of ejected electrons is found to increase linearly with coverage of both oxygen and sulphur, in contrast to the results obtained from INS. These data indicate that Auger neutralization does not occur at the surface; the possibility of Auger de-excitation is considered.     

Secondary electron spectra of gold under bombardment by very low-energy positrons

Measurements of the secondary electron energy spectra resulting from very low-energy positron bombardment of a polycrystalline Au surface are presented. The low-energy part of the secondary spectra contain significant contributions from two processes: (1) annihilation-induced Auger electrons that have lost energy before leaving the surface and (2) secondary electrons resulting from direct energy exchange with an incident positron. Our data indicate that the second process (direct energy exchange with the primary positron) is still important at and below 3 eV incident beam energy. Since energy conservation precludes secondary electron generation below an incident beam energy equal to the difference between the electron and positron work functions (∼3 eV), the fact that we still observe significant secondary electron emission at energies at or below this value provides strong evidence that the incident positrons are falling directly into the surface state and transferring all of the energy difference to an outgoing secondary electron. These measurements were also used to obtain the first experimentally determined upper limit on the intensity of the spectrum of Auger-induced secondary electrons.     

The KLL Auger spectrum of neon from the EC-decay of Na

The low energy KLL Auger electrons of neon emitted after EC-decay of ²²Na have been investigated with a 4 eV instrumental resolution using an electrostatic spectrometer and a solid state radioactive source. This is the first experimental investigation of the KLL Auger spectrum of neon from the solid state. Relative intensities and energies of all resolved spectrum components were determined. Measured absolute energy of the dominant KL₂L₃(¹D) transition was found to be 824.5(19) eV, i.e. about 20 eV higher than that obtained in experiments with free Ne atoms. Within the experimental uncertainties, no influence of solid state effects on relative intensities of the KLL transitions was found.     

Stability of ZnO{0 0 0 1} against low energy ion bombardment

The steady-state surface compositions of the polar (O and Zn terminated) faces of ZnO{0 0 0 1} produced by low energy (0.3-2 keV) Ar⁺ ion bombardment were studied by Auger electron spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy. The alterations produced by the ion bombardment using different ion energies were monitored by calculating the intensity ratios of the low and high energy Zn Auger peaks (59 eV and 994 eV, respectively); Zn and O Auger peaks (59 eV and 510 eV, respectively). Based on the dependence of these ratios on the ion energy and termination of the surface, we could conclude that the stability of the Zn face is higher against the low energy argon ion bombardment-induced compositional changes than that of the O face.     

Theoretical study of (e,2e) triple differential cross sections of pyrimidine and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol molecules using multi-center distorted-wave method

We report theoretical studies of electron impact triple differential cross sections of two bio-molecules,pyrimidine and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol,in the coplanar asymmetric kinematic conditions with the impact energy of 250 eV and ejected electron energy of 20 eV at three scattering angles of-5°,-10°,and-15°.Present multi-center distorted-wave method well describes the experimental data,which was obtained by performing(e,2e)experiment.The calculations show that the secondary electron produced by the primary impact electron is strongly influenced by the molecular ionic multi-center potential,which must be considered when the low energy electron interacts with DNA analogues.     

Chemical reactions of water molecules on Ru(0 0 0 1) induced by selective excitation of vibrational modes

Tunneling electrons in a scanning tunneling microscope were used to excite specific vibrational quantum states of adsorbed water and hydroxyl molecules on a Ru(0 0 0 1) surface. The excited molecules relaxed by transfer of energy to lower energy modes, resulting in diffusion, dissociation, desorption, and surface-tip transfer processes. Diffusion of H₂O molecules could be induced by excitation of the O-H stretch vibration mode at 445 meV. Isolated molecules required excitation of one single quantum while molecules bonded to a C atom required at least two quanta. Dissociation of single H₂O molecules into H and OH required electron energies of 1 eV or higher while dissociation of OH required at least 2 eV electrons. In contrast, water molecules forming part of a cluster could be dissociated with electron energies of 0.5 eV.     

Plasmon energy gain and double ionization satellites in the Be Auger spectrum

Two relatively weak, higher energy satellites are observed at 18 and 38 eV above the Be KVV Auger spectrum. The lower energy satellite is assigned to coupling of energy from bulk plasmon de-excitations $\text{(}\text{h}\text{?}\text{ω ～ 18 eV)}$ with Auger electrons and the higher energy event to Auger electrons ejected from Be atoms with doubly ionized K levels.     

730 eV电子碰撞He原子(e, 2e)电离的三重微分截面

考虑初态He原子电子间的关联效应、末态敲出电子与剩余束缚电子间的关联效应和末态屏蔽效应, 计算和分析了在共面、大能量损失和小动量转移这一特殊几何条件下730eV电子离化He原子的三重微分截面. 所得结果与Stevenson等人的相对实验数据和CCC理论计算结果进行比较发现: 所得到的理论曲线能够反映实验数据给出的三重微分截面的结构特征.     

730 eV电子碰撞He原子(e, 2e)电离的三重微分截面

考虑初态He原子电子间的关联效应、末态敲出电子与剩余束缚电子间的关联效应和末态屏蔽效应, 计算和分析了在共面、大能量损失和小动量转移这一特殊几何条件下730eV电子离化He原子的三重微分截面. 所得结果与Stevenson等人的相对实验数据和CCC理论计算结果进行比较发现: 所得到的理论曲线能够反映实验数据给出的三重微分截面的结构特征.     

Modification of the electronic properties of the TiO2 (1 1 0) surface upon deposition of the ultrathin conjugated organic layers

A few nm thick 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (PTCDA) and Cu-phthalocyanine (CuPc) overlayers were thermally deposited in situ in UHV onto TiO₂ (1 1 0) surface. Atomic composition of the surfaces under study was monitored using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The formation of the interfacial potential barrier and the structure of the unoccupied electronic states located 5-25 eV above the Fermi level (E_F) was monitored using a probing beam of low-energy electrons according to the total current electron spectroscopy (TCS) method. The work function values upon the overlayer deposition changed from 4.6 to 4.9 eV at the PTCDA/TiO₂ (1 1 0) interface and from 4.6 to 4.3 eV at the CuPc/TiO₂ (1 1 0) interface. Band bending in the TiO₂ substrate, molecular polarization in the organic film and changes in the work function due to the change in the surface composition were found to contribute to the formation of the interfacial potential barriers. Oxygen admixture related peaks were observed in the AES and in the TCS spectra of the CuPc overlayers. A mechanism of the transformations in the PTCDA and CuPc overlayers on the TiO₂ (1 1 0) upon elevating temperature from 25 to 400 °C was suggested.     

Two-dimensional emission patterns of secondary electrons from graphene layers formed on SiC(0 0 0 1)

We used spectroscopic photoemission and low-energy electron microscopy to measure two-dimensional (2D) emission patterns of secondary electrons (SEs) emitted from graphene layers formed on SiC(0 0 0 1). The 2D SE patterns measured at the SE energies of 0-50 eV show energy-dependent intensity distributions in the 6-fold symmetry. The SE patterns exhibit features ascribed to energy band structures of 2D free electrons, which would prove that electrons are partially confined in thin graphene layers even above the vacuum level.     

Post-collision interactions in the (e,e′ Auger) coincidence spectra

Summary The argon LMM Auger energy spectra measured in a recent (e,e′ Auger) coincidence experiment are compared with the predictions of a semiclassical model of this post-collision interactions (PCI). The model satisfactorily reproduces both the measured shift towards higher energy and the observed lineshapes of the experimental spectra.     

Oxygen adsorption on a Mo2C(0 0 0 1) surface: Angle-resolved photoemission study

Oxygen adsorption on a C-terminated α-Mo₂C(0 0 0 1) surface has been investigated with Auger electron spectroscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy utilizing synchrotron radiation. It is found that the oxygen atoms adsorb on the Mo atoms in the second layer forming a (1 × 1) orthorhombic periodicity. The oxygen adsorption induces a peculiar state around the Fermi level, which is observed at 0.4 eV in the normal-emission spectra. ARPES measurements show that the state is a partially occupied metallic state. The photoionization cross section of the state shows a maximum at the photon energy of 56 eV, which is assigned as originating from the resonance of the Mo 4d photoemission involving Mo 4p → 4d photoexcitation.     

低能电子离化He原子(e,2e)反应中的动力学屏蔽

在三体索末菲参量修正的基础上,进一步对(e,2e)反应的末态He⁺中核外电子的有效屏蔽给出修正-这种修正反映了末态四粒子间的动力学屏蔽-并用修正后的索末菲参量计算了入射能量为50eV时,共面不对称几何条件下电子离化He原子的三重微分截面-所得结果与convergent close-coupling理论结果及最新绝对测量的实验数据进行比较,发现当敲出电子能量为10eV时,理论曲线更接近实验数据- 关键词：     

X-ray photoelectron study of annealed Co thin film on Si surface

The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study on as deposited as well as 500 °C annealed Co (400 Å)/Si thin film synthesized by electron beam evaporation technique under UHV conditions is reported here. The XPS measurements carried out on as deposited sample rule out the possibility of any phase formation at room temperature. Whereas in 500 °C annealed sample the Co-2p_3/2 peak is observed at ∼778.6 eV binding energy position, where the peak expected due to CoSi₂ resides. The Auger parameters were also calculated at each step of experiment because Auger parameter is always very sensitive to changes in the chemical state of the material. The recorded spectrum on annealed sample shows Auger parameter value of ∼1551.4 eV, which is different from that observed in the as deposited sample (∼1552.1 eV). The obtained results are analyzed and interpreted in terms of CoSi₂ phase formation at the interface with annealing.     

Scattering effects of primary electrons in Co/Cu(1 1 1) measured by Auger; elastic and loss electrons

Electron energy losses were measured as a function of the incidence angle of the primary electron beam for the Co/Cu(1 1 1) adsorption system. The measurements performed for the clean and covered substrate reveal characteristic intensity maxima associated with the close packed rows of atoms, as it was observed in the so called directional Auger and directional elastic peak electron spectroscopy profiles. The incidence angle dependent signal of electron energy losses measured for the clean (Cu 3p_3/2) and covered (Co 3p_3/2) substrate gives the so called directional electron energy loss spectroscopy (DEELS) profiles which contain structural as well as chemical information. The scattering of primaries and different emission processes associated with electron energy losses, Auger, and elastically backscattered electrons are discussed. A change in the h_Cu (Cu M_2,3VV transition) Auger signal recorded during the continuous cobalt deposition shows that the growth mode is not a pure layer by layer type. The complete covering of the substrate by Co at higher coverages is confirmed by the comparison between experimental and theoretical ratios of the Auger peak heights.