Mapping out electron-electron interactions at surfaces |
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Authors: | Schumann F O Kirschner J Berakdar J |
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Institution: | Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Using a high resolution coincidence technique, we measured for the first time the angular and energy correlation of an electron pair emitted from the valence band of a single crystal upon the impact of an electron with a specified momentum. We observe a hole in the measured two-particle correlation function when the two excited electrons have comparable momentum vectors, a fact traced back to exchange and repulsion among the electrons. We find the hole is not isotropic, has a finite extension, and is strongly suppressed when decoherence is operating. |
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