Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
1995-12-07
J. Chem. Phys. 102 (1995) 6919-6930
Physics
Chemical Physics
29 pages, 9 Postscript figures, more info available at http://www.fh.huji.ac.il/~dani
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.469129
The information content and properties of the cross section for atom scattering from a defect on a flat surface are investigated. Using the Sudden approximation, a simple expression is obtained that relates the cross section to the underlying atom/defect interaction potential. An approximate inversion formula is given, that determines the shape function of the defect from the scattering data. Another inversion formula approximately determines the potential due to a weak corrugation in the case of substitutional disorder. An Optical Theorem, derived in the framework of the Sudden approximation, plays a central role in deriving the equations that conveniently relate the interaction potential to the cross section. Also essential for the result is the equivalence of the operational definition for the cross section for scattering by a defect, given by Poelsema and Comsa, and the formal definition from quantum scattering theory. This equivalence is established here. The inversion result is applied to determine the shape function of an Ag atom on Pt(111) from scattering data.
Gerber Benny R.
Hamburger Daniel A.
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