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Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2085–2088 (1999)

Many-Body Effects in Angle-Resolved Photoemission: Quasiparticle Energy and Lifetime of a Mo(110) Surface State

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T. Valla1, A. V. Fedorov1, P. D. Johnson1, and S. L. Hulbert2
1Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000
2National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000

Received 28 January 1999; published in the issue dated 6 September 1999

In a high-resolution photoemission study of a Mo(110) surface state various contributions to the measured width and energy of the quasiparticle peak are investigated. Electron-phonon coupling, electron-electron interactions, and scattering from defects are all identified mechanisms responsible for the finite lifetime of a valence photohole. The electron-phonon induced mass enhancement and rapid change of the photohole lifetime near the Fermi level are observed for the first time.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2085
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2085
PACS:
79.60.Bm, 73.20.At