Holstein polarons near surfaces

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Goodvin, Glen L ^a   Covaci, Lucian ^a   Berciu, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK PROPERTIES; COUPLING STRENGTHS; ELECTRON PHONON; NEAR-SURFACE; RETARDATION EFFECT; SPECTRAL WEIGHT; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE STATE; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY;

ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; POLARONS;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 70350396992     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.176402     Document Type: Article

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