Surface states and spin density wave periodicity in Cr(110) films

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Using angle-resolved photoemission, we have mapped the dispersion relations and Fermi contours for surface-localized electron states onto clean and hydrogen-covered Cr(110) surfaces. In particular, we have probed the relationship between hydrogen adsorption and the evolution of the spin density wave (SDW) periodicity in chromium thin films observed previously. We find qualitatively similar surface band dispersion relations to those on W(110) and Mo(110), although with a narrower bandwidth, broader spectral features, and a smaller impact from the spin orbit interaction. We compare our results to existing first-principles calculations and find a significant disagreement for a surface band that produces a prominent surface Fermi contour. Upon hydrogen adsorption, the Fermi contour for a particular surface band becomes well nested at a wave vector that stabilizes a commensurate SDW. We suggest that a competition between commensurate two-dimensional (2D) and incommensurate 3D Fermi surface nesting plays an important role in the SDW energetics in thin Cr(110) films.

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