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Comments on Vibrational Dynamics of Low Frequency Adsorbate Motion

Published

Author(s)

B N. Persson, John William Gadzuk

Abstract

We discuss the temperature dependence of the electronic damping of adsorbate vibrations, as probed by pump-and-probe and infrared spectroscopy. Incontrast to recent suggestions, we show that the damping is strictly temperature independent as long as the decay involves the excitation of single electron-hole pairs.
Citation
Surface Science
Volume
410

Keywords

adsorbate vibrations, electronic friction, vibrational damping

Citation

Persson, B. and Gadzuk, J. (1998), Comments on Vibrational Dynamics of Low Frequency Adsorbate Motion, Surface Science (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created December 31, 1997, Updated October 12, 2021