Spectroscopic manifestations of the Kondo effect on single adatoms

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ternes, Markus ^a,b   Heinrich, Andreas J ^a   Schneider, Wolf Dieter ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; IMPURITIES; KONDO EFFECT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; RESONANCE; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ADSORBED HYDROGENS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOEMISSIONS; INELASTIC TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; INSULATING FILMS; KONDO IMPURITIES; KONDO RESONANCES; KONDO TEMPERATURES; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATE; LOCALIZED SPINS; LOW ENERGIES; MAGNETIC ADATOMS; MAGNETIC IMPURITIES; METAL SURFACES; METALLIC SUPPORTS; METALLIC SURFACES; NON-MAGNETIC; PAIR-BREAKING; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; SINGLE ADATOMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES; SURFACE AREAS; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATIONS; WEAK-COUPLING LIMITS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 63649127167     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/5/053001     Document Type: Article

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