| Over the last few years
a many-body 1/N dynamical model has been developed to explain charge transfer
between between simple atoms and metal surfaces [1-3]
. By simple atoms we mean atoms with simple s-orbitals, e.g.
alkali and alkaline earth atoms. In our work we extend this model to more
atoms with more complex electronic structure, e.g. oxygen atoms with p-orbitals
where the spin-orbit coupling begins to play a part in the charge transfer.
Currently we have worked out the case for resonant charge
transfer between oxygen and metal surfaces. |
