The Interaction Between a Molecule and a Metal Surface

E. J. R. Prosen; R. G. Sachs

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.61.65

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The Interaction Between a Molecule and a Metal Surface

E. J. R. Prosen^* and R. G. Sachs^†

The George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

^*A more detailed version of this paper was submitted by E. J. R. Prosen as a thesis to the George Washington University for the degree of Master of Arts, February, 1941.
^†Now at the University of California, Berkeley, California.

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Phys. Rev. 61, 65 – Published 1 January, 1942

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.61.65

Abstract

The interaction between a molecule and a metal surface is discussed from the point of view of the perturbation theory. The interaction energy is found to be inversely proportional to the distance, $R$ , between metal and molecule if the electron degeneracy in the metal is not taken into account and to $R^{- 2} log R$ if this degeneracy is taken into account. The application of the perturbation theory as given here is limited to values of $R$ of the order of magnitude of the Bohr radius because of the neglect of the electron-electron interaction.

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J. E. Lennard-Jones, Trans. Faraday Soc. 28, 333 (1932)
J. Bardeen, Phys. Rev. 58, 727 (1940)
Omitted endnote
E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 1927), p. 384
H. Margenau and W. G. Pollard, Phys. Rev. 60, 128 (1941)

[c1] J. E. Lennard-Jones, Trans. Faraday Soc. 28, 333 (1932)

[c2] J. Bardeen, Phys. Rev. 58, 727 (1940)

[c3] Omitted endnote

[c4] E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, A Course of Modern Analysis (Cambridge University Press, 1927), p. 384

[c5] H. Margenau and W. G. Pollard, Phys. Rev. 60, 128 (1941)

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