Singlet-To-Triplet Conversion Of Metastable He Atoms At Alkali-Metal Overlayers
PHYSICAL REVIEW B(1994)
摘要
Energy distributions of electrons emitted from alkali-metal surfaces by impact of metastable He atoms reveal that there is a high probability for transformation of singlet atoms (excitation energy E* = 20.6 eV) into triplet atoms (E* = 19.8 eV) prior to deexcitation into the ground state. The conversion probability (as expressed by the ratio R of the intensities of valence-band emission due to triplet and singlet He* deexcitation, respectively) increases with increasing alkali-metal coverage on a Ru(0001) substrate, and in tum decreases with increasing oxygen exposure at a fixed alkali coverage. These findings indicate that R is a qualitative measure for the degree of ''metallization'' of the adlayer. R also increases with temperature due to broadening of the nearest-neighbor distribution whereby, on the average, a larger part of the adlayer becomes metalliclike. For Cs overlayers exhibiting work functions <2 eV the mechanism of deexcitation changes and may proceed via He*- (1s(1)2s2) formation as reflected by the R data as well as by the widths of the electron spectra.
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Methane Activation
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