Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Correlation effects in two electron photoemission.

F O Schumann1, C Winkler, J Kirschner

  • 1Max-Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, Germany.

Physical Review Letters
|August 7, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Intraoperative Fascial Traction - From Concept to Comprehensive Application.

Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS·2026
Same author

Towards high resolution, validated and open global wind power assessments.

Nature communications·2026
Same author

In response to Gulcin Akinci's and Haluk Topaloglu's letter regarding our article "Predictors of loss of ambulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A systematic review and meta-analysis".

Journal of neuromuscular diseases·2025
Same author

Predictors of Loss of Ambulation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal of neuromuscular diseases·2024
Same author

Interaction of Amyloid-β-(1-42) Peptide and Its Aggregates with Lipid/Water Interfaces Probed by Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy.

The journal of physical chemistry. B·2021
Same author

Accelerated Aging Effects on Color Stability of Potentially Color Adjusting Resin-based Composites.

Operative dentistry·2021
Same journal

Erratum: Spectroscopy and Ground-State Transfer of Ultracold Bosonic ^{39}K^{133}Cs Molecules [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 203401 (2025)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Lifetime of the ^{2}F_{7/2} Level in Yb^{+} for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation [Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 213001 (2021)].

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Laser-Plasma Based Seeded Free Electron Laser in the High-Gain Regime.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Parent Hamiltonians for Stabilizer Quantum Many-Body Scars.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Properties of Heavy Cosmic Nuclei Phosphorus, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, and Calcium: Results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.

Physical review letters·2026
Same journal

Role of Spin-Isospin Symmetries in Nuclear β-Decays.

Physical review letters·2026
See all related articles

Researchers studied electron pair emission from a copper surface. They observed a novel depletion zone in electron emission, revealing insights into many-body effects in solids.

Area of Science:

  • Solid-state physics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Surface science

Background:

  • Many-body effects in solids arise from electron correlation.
  • Double photoelectron emission is a key technique to probe these correlations.
  • Understanding electron interactions is crucial for materials science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate electron pair emission from a Cu(111) surface after photon absorption.
  • To characterize the spatial distribution of emitted electron pairs.
  • To gain new insights into electron correlation dynamics in solids.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental investigation of double photoelectron emission.
  • Utilizing a Cu(111) surface as the material sample.
  • Photon absorption as the excitation source.

Related Experiment Videos

  • Detailed angular analysis of emitted electron pairs.

    • Main Results:

    • First observation of the complete depletion zone in electron emission.
    • The depletion zone exhibits a specific angular extension of approximately 1.2 radians.
    • This angular extension is independent of the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons.
    • Provides direct visualization of electron correlation effects.

    Conclusions:

    • The observed depletion zone is a direct consequence of electron-electron correlation.
    • This finding offers a new method to study many-body interactions in materials.
    • The energy independence of the depletion zone's angular width provides a universal characteristic.