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A reduced angular momentum expansion in the multiple‐scattering theory

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In this article, a reduced angular momentum expansion (RAME) was proposed for the multiple-scattering theory for the excited electrons, in which the incoming waves are approximated in the range of the scattering potential by a limited set of spherical waves with low angular momenta.
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In order to improve the calculations of ARPES, ARAES, and EXAFS a new approximation in the multiple-scattering theory for the excited electrons is introduced, which is called reduced angular momentum expansion (RAME). In the RAME the incoming waves are approximated in the range of the scattering potential by a limited set of spherical waves with low angular momenta. This is a much better description than the plane wave approximation in the often used small scattering-centre approximation. The RAME possesses a high accuracy for energies down to 40 eV and needs a substantially lower numerical effort than the full angular momentum expansion. For higher energies it can be further simplified and it modified small-scattering-centre approximation is obtained, which takes into account the curvature of the waves by means of effective scattering amplitudes. Um die Berechnung von ARPES, ARAES und EXAFS zu verbessern, wird eine neue Naherung in die Vielfachstreutheorie fur die angeregten Elektronen eingefuhrt, die als reduzierte Drehimpulsentwicklung (RAME) bezeichnet werden soll. In der RAME werden die einfallenden Wellen im Bereich des Streupotentials durch einen beschrankten Satz von Kugelwellen mit niedrigen Drehimpulsquantenzahlen approximiert. Das ist eine weitaus bessere Beschreibung als die Approximation durch eine ebene Welle in der oft verwendeten Naherung kleiner Streuzentren. Die RAME besitzt eine hohe Genauigkeit fur Energien bis hinab zu 40 eV und benotigt wesentlich weniger Rechenaufwand als eine vollstandige Drehimpulsentwicklung. Bei hoheren Energien kann sie weiter vereinfacht werden, und man erhalt eine modifizierte Naherung kleiner Streuzentren, die die Krummung der Wellenfronten durch effektive Streuamplituden berucksichtigt.

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Adsorbate structure determination on surfaces using photoelectron diffraction

TL;DR: A review of the background physics of the process and the development of the technique is described in this article, and a brief discussion of the high energy forward scattering version of the X-ray photoelectron diffraction-XPD is included, but the most of the review is concerned with the lower energy backscattering method more relevant to the determination of detailed adsorption sites on surfaces.
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Consequences of a finite energy resolution for photoelectron diffraction spectra

V. Fritzsche
- 01 Apr 1992 - 
TL;DR: A broadening of energy-scan photoelectron diffraction spectra with a Gaussian or Lorentzian energy distribution, as occurs naturally in the experiment, is equivalent to the inclusion of additional damping factors in the theoretical expression for the intensity as discussed by the authors.
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A new spherical-wave approximation for photoelectron diffraction, EXAFS and MEED

TL;DR: In this paper, an exact formula for the expansion of an outgoing spherical electron wave around another center is presented from which new approximation for spherical-wave scattering are derived, which allow a considerably higher accuracy in high-speed numerical multiple-scattering calculations than methods existing hitherto.
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Approximations for photoelectron scattering

V. Fritzsche
- 03 Apr 1989 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the errors of several approximations in the theoretical approach of photoelectron scattering are systematically studied, in tungsten, for electron energies ranging from 10 to 1000 eV.
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The study of the local atomic structure by means of X-ray photoelectron diffraction

TL;DR: In this article, a brief overview of the theoretical and numerical aspects on calculating X-ray photoelectron diffraction intensities is given, and the experimental two branches of recording photo electromagnetic diffraction patterns as a function of angle or energy are discussed.
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