Electron-phonon interaction at the Be(0001) surface

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Oct 17;91(16):166803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.166803. Epub 2003 Oct 17.

Abstract

We present a first principle study of the electron-phonon (e-p) interaction at the Be(0001) surface. The real and imaginary parts of the e-p self-energy (Sigma) are calculated for the Gamma; surface state in the binding energy range from the Gamma; point to the Fermi level. Our calculation shows an overall good agreement with several photoemission data measured at high and low temperatures. Additionally, we show that the energy derivative of Re Sigma presents a strong temperature and energy variation close to E(F), making it difficult to measure its value just at E(F).