Fast atom diffraction during grazing scattering from a MgO(001) surface |
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Authors: | A. Schüller D. Blauth J. Seifert M. Busch H. Winter K. Gärtner R. Włodarczyk J. Sauer M. Sierka |
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Affiliation: | 1. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Physik, Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany;2. Universität Jena, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany;3. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Brook-Taylor-Straße 2, D-12489 Berlin, Germany |
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Abstract: | Fast neutral atoms and molecules with energies from 0.4 up to 3 keV are scattered under a grazing angle of incidence from a clean and flat MgO(001) surface. For “axial surface channeling” conditions, we observe defined diffraction patterns in the angular intensity distributions for scattered 3He and 4He atoms as well as H2 molecules. The diffraction patterns are analyzed in terms of semiclassical trajectory calculations making use of projectile surface interaction potentials derived from density functional theory and from pair potentials calculated from Hartree–Fock wave functions. From comparison of measured and calculated diffraction patterns we deduced the rumpling of the topmost surface layer of MgO(001), i.e. an inward shift of Mg2+ ions with respect to O2? ions, of (0.03±0.03) Å. |
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