Coupling parameters of many-body interactions for the Al(100) surface state : A high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study

Jiang J.

Shimada Kenya

Hayashi Hirokazu

Iwasawa Hideaki

Aiura Yoshihiro

Namatame Hirofumi

Taniguchi Masaki

Physical Review B

We examined the dimensionless coupling parameters of many-body interactions for a free-electron-like surface-derived state in Al(100) by means of high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A kink structure was found to exist in the energy-band dispersion near the Fermi level (E_F), which was attributed to the electron-phonon interaction. At 50 K, the coupling parameters of the electron-phonon and electron-electron interactions were estimated as λ_<ep>=0.67±0.05 and λ_<ee>～0.003, respectively, indicating that the effective mass enhancement was mainly derived from the electron-phonon interaction. The temperature dependence of the kink structure, as measured by λ_<ep>(T), was consistent with a theoretical calculation based on the Eliashberg function. A quasiparticle peak with a width of 15-20 meV was found near E_F, which was explained well by the simulated spectral function incorporating the self-energy evaluated in this study. We found that the electrons at the surface were strongly scattered by the defects at the surface and that the linewidth was significantly broadened (Γ_0=0.238±0.006 eV).

Physics [ 420 ]

eng

The American Physical Society

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[ISSN] 1098-0121

[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155124

[NCID] AA11187113

[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155124