The Electron Merry-Go-Round (IMAGE)

University of Freiburg

The Electron Merry-Go-Round

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Illustration of photoemission: Electrons orbiting in a cluster (here in an anionic sodium cluster with 55 atoms) keep their momentum parallel to the surface, causing them to be emitted at a tangent to it at certain photon energies.

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Illustration: Bernd von Issendorff

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