Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
1996-05-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
7 pages, RevTeX, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01054-0
Helium atom scattering (HAS) studies of the H-covered Mo(110) and W(110) surfaces reveal a twofold anomaly in the respective dispersion curves. In order to explain this unusual behavior we performed density-functional theory calculations of the atomic and electronic structure, the vibrational properties, and the electronic susceptibility of those surfaces. Our work provides evidence for hydrogen adsorption induced Fermi-{}surface nesting. The respective nesting vectors are in excellent agreement with the HAS data and recent angle resolved photoemission experiments of the H-covered alloy system Mo_0.95Re_0.05(110). Also, we investigated the electron-phonon coupling and discovered that the Rayleigh phonon frequency is lowered for those critical wave vectors compared to the clean surfaces. Moreover, the smaller indentation in the HAS spectra can be clearly identified as a Kohn anomaly. Based on our results for the susceptibility and the recently improved understanding of the He scattering mechanism we argue that the larger anomalous dip is due to electron-hole excitations by the He scattering.
Kohler Bernd
Ruggerone Paolo
Scheffler Matthias
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