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Surface Phonons

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Winfried Kress

    1. Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  2. Frederik W. Wette

    1. Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences (SSSUR, volume 21)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • W. Kress, F. W. de Wette
    Pages 1-3

  3. Surface Acoustic Waves

    • A. A. Maradudin, G. I. Stegeman
    Pages 5-35

  4. The Green’s Function Method in the Surface Lattice Dynamics of Ionic Crystals

    • G. Benedek, L. Miglio
    Pages 37-66

  5. Study of Surface Phonons by the Slab Method

    • F. W. de Wette
    Pages 67-109

  6. Experimental Determination of Surface Phonons by Helium Atom and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

    • J. P. Toennies
    Pages 111-166

  7. Theory of Helium Scattering from Surface Phonons

    • V. Celli
    Pages 167-191

  8. The Study of Surface Phonons by Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy: Theoretical and Experimental Considerations

    • D. L. Mills, S. Y. Tong, J. E. Black
    Pages 193-207

  9. Vibrational Properties of Clean Surfaces: Survey of Recent Theoretical and Experimental Results

    • W. Kress
    Pages 209-292

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 293-301
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In recent years substantial progress has been made in the detection of surface phonons owing to considerable improvements in inelastic rare gas scattering tech­ niques and electron energy loss spectroscopy. With these methods it has become possible to measure surface vibrations in a wide energy range for all wave vectors in the two-dimensional Brillouin zone and thus to deduce the complete surface phonon dispersion curves. Inelastic atomic beam scattering and electron energy loss spectroscopy have started to play a role in the study of surface phonons similar to the one played by inelastic neutron scattering in the investigation of bulk phonons in the last thirty years. Detailed comparison between experimen­ tal results and theoretical studies of inelastic surface scattering and of surface phonons has now become feasible. It is therefore possible to test and to improve the details of interaction models which have been worked out theoretically in the last few decades. At this point we felt that a concise, coherent and self-contained guide to the rapidly growing field of surface phonons was needed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart 80, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Winfried Kress

  • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Frederik W. Wette

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