Photoemission Spectroscopy is one of the best methods for studying the electronic structure of atoms, molecules, solids and surfaces (interfaces). This volume gives an up-to-date introduction to this field with the emphasis on solids and surfaces. The reader will learn about the basic technique of photoemission spectroscopy and obtain the background to carry out his own research work based on the chapters of this book: Experimental aspects, Core levels, Satellites, Simple metals, Valence bands in molecules and insulating solids, Valance bands of metallic solids, Band structure from angle resolved data, Surfaces states, Inverse photoemission, Spin polarized photoemission, and Photoelectron diffraction.

Klappentext

An up-to-date introduction to the field, treating in depth the electronic structures of atoms, molecules, solids and surfaces, together with brief descriptions of inverse photoemission, spin-polarized photoemission and photoelectron diffraction. Experimental aspects are considered throughout and the results carefully interpreted by theory. A wealth of measured data is presented in tabullar for easy use by experimentalists.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Core Levels and Final States.- 3. Charge-Excitation Final States: Satellites.- 4. Continuous Satellites and Plasmon Satellites: XPS Photoemission in Nearly Free Electron Systems.- 5. Valence Orbitals in Simple Molecules and Insulating Solids.- 6. Photoemission of Valence Electrons from Metallic Solids in the One-Electron Approximation.- 7. Bandstructure and Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectra.- 8. Surface States, Surface Effects.- 9. Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy.- 10. Spin-Polarized Photoemission.- 11. Photoelectron Diffraction.- A.1 Table of Binding Energies.- A.2 Surface and Bulk Brillouin Zones of the Three Low-Index Faces of a Face-Centered Cubic (fcc) Crystal Face.- A.3 Compilation of Work Functions.- References.