Abstract
Transverse and longitudinal spin polarization components arising in the diffraction of unpolarized low-energy electrons from Pt(111) have been studied as functions of energy and diffraction geometry. Experimental data measured by means of a Mott detector are in good agreement with theoretical results obtained by relativistic LEED calculations. A detailed investigation of the selective sensitivity of the calculated polarization profiles to the surface relaxation δ 12 and to various non-structural model features firstly supports an ion-core potential involving an energy-dependent exchange approximation (by discriminating against two band structure potentials), and secondly establishes the geometry of Pt(111) as unreconstructed with a possible slight outward relaxation of the topmost atomic layer (δ 12 = 0.5% ± 1.0% of the bulk interlayer distance). A surface Debye temperature is found close to the bulk value 230 K.
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