Observation of vibrational excitation and deexcitation for NO (v = 2) scattering from au(111): evidence for electron-hole-pair mediated energy transfer
Measurements of vibrational excitation and deexcitation of NO (v = 2) scattering from a Au(111) surface show that the probability of both processes increases strongly with the kinetic energy of the incident NO. These results are qualitatively consistent with a vibrational energy transfer mechanism i...
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| Published in: | Physical review letters Vol. 84; no. 13; pp. 2985 - 2988 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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27-03-2000
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| Summary: | Measurements of vibrational excitation and deexcitation of NO (v = 2) scattering from a Au(111) surface show that the probability of both processes increases strongly with the kinetic energy of the incident NO. These results are qualitatively consistent with a vibrational energy transfer mechanism involving electron-hole pairs but not with competing adiabatic models. The form of the energy dependence, and other features of the measurements, are not in accord with existing calculations. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2985 |