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This problem has important consequences regarding our understanding of the physics of surface charge transfer, final state screening, and core level shifts. The inversion of PEH data gathered on a Ge(111)-c(2 x 8) surface core-level shift has produced three-dimensional images identifying the surface site responsible for the shift.","A study of the Sb core level for the Sb/Si(111) system shows that diffraction information can be derived from the intensity ratio (branching ratio) of the two spin-orbit-split peaks of a core level. Branching ratio fine structure spectroscopy provides an alternative and much simpler route to structural analyses than traditional cross section measurements, and the results are likely to be more accurate.","Finally, we have measured the photoelectron diffraction from the interfacial oxidation states of SiO$\\sb2$/Si(111) and SiO$\\sb2$/Si(100). Analysis of the photoemission extended fine structure gives bond-length information specific to the individual suboxides. The results indicate that a simple abrupt interface model fits the observed Si(111) data well.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:41:54Z (GMT). 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