Dynamic screening of a localized hole during photoemission from a metal cluster

Details Dynamic screening of a localized hole during photoemission from a metal cluster Dynamic screening of a localized hole during photoemission from a metal cluster

2012-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/1203.4944v1

Physics

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

12 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

Recent advances in attosecond spectroscopy techniques have fueled the interest in the theoretical description of electronic processes taking place in the subfemtosecond time scale. We here study the coupled dynamic screening of a localized hole and a photoelectron emitted from a metal cluster using a semi-classical model. Electron density dynamics in the cluster is calculated with Time Dependent Density Functional Theory and the motion of the photoemitted electron is described classically. We show that the dynamic screening of the hole by the cluster electrons affects the motion of the photoemitted electron. At the very beginning of the photoemission process, the emitted electron is accelerated by the cluster electrons that pile up to screen the hole. This is a velocity dependent effect that needs to be accounted for when calculating the energy lost by the electron due to inelastic processes.

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