Oscillatory relaxation of the Ag(110) surface.
01 January 1984
The relaxation of the Ag(110) surface was studied by high energy ion scattering. We find the first layer spacing contracted by -(7.8+-2.5)% and the second layer spacing increased by (4.3+-2.5)%. The sensitivity of these results to assumptions of surface vibrations is explored. It is shown that the nearest neighbor spacing at the surface (i.e. the spacing between the first and third layers) is contracted by -(3.5+-0.5)% and this result is almost independent of the surface Debye temperature. The results are consistent with the body of data indicating large, multilayer relaxation in (110) fcc surfaces.