Role of occupied<i>d</i>bands in the dynamics of excited electrons and holes in Ag
Role of occupied<i>d</i>bands in the dynamics of excited electrons and holes in Ag
The role that occupied $d$ bands play in the inelastic lifetime of bulk and surface states in Ag is investigated from the knowledge of the quasiparticle self-energy. In the case of bulk electrons, $sp$ bands are taken to be free-electron like. For surface states, the surface band structure of $sp$ …