Penn, D.
(1975),
Measurement of the Surface Density of States by Field Ionization, Surface Science
(Accessed February 12, 2026)
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Measurement of the Surface Density of States by Field Ionization
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It is shown that recent measurements of field ion energy distributions from clean tungsten surfaces probe the density of metal states in the vicinity of the surface. We find j() = (2/kh)m| d3rm(r) z|2(-m), where j() is the ion current a , mand m are electronic metal eigenfunctions and eigenvalues in the presence of the external electric field used in field ionization and (z) is a function which is large near the noble gas atom. An explicit expression for (z) is given in the text. It is estimated that tungsten metal states with values of k|| at least as large as 0.5 {Aring}-1 make an appreciable contribution to j() where k|| is the electron momentum parallel to the surface. Return to Publications ListCitation
Surface Science
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52
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2
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Created October 1, 1975, Updated February 19, 2017