Giebels, F., Gollisch, H., Feder, R.
Electron pair emission from W(110): Response to a spin-polarized surface state
Physical Review B 87, (3),pp 035124/1-7 (2013)
Details of a spin-polarized surface state on W(110) with a Dirac-cone-like dispersion are revealed by
calculations of the spin- and layer-resolved density of states. After collisions of spin-polarized low-energy
electrons, which impinge on the surface, with the surface-state electrons, correlated electron pairs are emitted,
which have either parallel or antiparallel spins. Calculations of the corresponding reaction cross sections
demonstrate, first, a spin-resolved mapping of the surface-state dispersion with surface-parallel momentum.
Second, momentum distributions of the outgoing electron pairs with parallel and antiparallel spins allow a
separation of Coulomb correlation and exchange effects.