Programme

Basic concepts and potential scattering in atomic collision.
Electron-atom collision.
Scattering from surfaces.
Energy loss spectroscopy. Dielectric theory.
Resonant Channels, Fano profiles.
Photoemission and photoabsorption spectroscopies.
Phenomenology of photoemission and photoabsorption experiments.
The Koopmans theorem, satellite peaks, Chemical shift.
Photemission from solids, the three step model.
Angle resolved photoemission, photoelectron diffraction.
Exafs and Nexafs.

Core Documentation

(BJ) B.H. Bransden, C.J. Joachain “Physics of Atoms and Molecules”, Longman Scientific and Technical, John Whiley and sons
(Fa) C. Fadley in Electron spectroscopy vol. 2, edited C.R. Brundle and A.D. Baker, Academic Press, London 1978
(Lu) H. Luth, “Surface and interface of solid materials”, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2010
(Hu) S. Hufner, “Photoelectron spectroscopy”, Solid State Sciences Vol. 82, Springer, 1995
(SM) S. Mobilio, Interaction between radiation and matter: an introduction, in: “Synchrotron radiation: fundamentals, methodologies and applications”, S. Mobilio and G. Vlaic Eds.. SIF, Bologna (2003)
(ST) J. Stohr, Nexafs Spectroscopy, Springer (Berlin, 1996)
(IL) H. Ibach, H. Luth, Solid-State Physics, Springer, Berlin 2009
(Ma) S.A. Maier, Plasmonics: fundamentals and applications, Springer, Berlin 2007

Reference Bibliography

see the textboox in previous section

Type of delivery of the course

Lecturing in the classroom with video-aided projection of slides and laboratory practical classes. The lab classes comprise "hands on " sessions on dedicated microscopes

Attendance

Attendance at theory lessons is strongly recommended.

Type of evaluation

final oral examination