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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Observation of final-state screening in inverse photoemission from adsorbed xenon layers
Abstract
Inverse photoemission spectra of xenon layers adsorbed on Au(110) have been recorded. The unoccupied levels of xenon exhibit layer-dependent peak shifts to higher energies. The 6s level of the second xenon layer is shifted by 0.65 eV relative to the monolayer energy, with the 6p level exhibiting a 0.85-eV shift. These shifts are related to the image-charge screening of the negative-ion inverse-photoemission-spectra final states. This observation demonstrates the influence of screening in inverse photoemission, and provides a test of the different conflicting models put forward in explanation of such shifts. © 1986 The American Physical Society.