Damping of molecular motion on a solid substrate: Evidence for electron-hole pair creation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-124

  Witte, G ^a,b   Weiss, K ^b   Jakob, P ^c   Braun, J ^a   Kostov, K L ^c   Wöll, Ch ^a,b  

^a Max Planck Institut für Strömungsforschung   (United Kingdom)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHONONS; SOLIDS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRON HOLE PAIR CREATION; HIGH RESOLUTION VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

DAMPING;

EID: 0032484441     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.121     Document Type: Article

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