A Theoretical Study of Gas-Surface Phonon Scattering: Model He-Si(100) Bulk and Reconstructed Surfaces

A Theoretical Study of Gas-Surface Phonon Scattering: Model He-Si(100) Bulk and Reconstructed Surfaces

We present a theoretical investigation of the inelastic atom-surface phonon scattering for a model He-Si(100) system by the classical trajectory-quantum forced oscillator(DECENT) method. Single and multi-phonon transition probabilities of normal modes are calculated for several initial beam orientations and several initial kinetic energies. In order to understand surface structure effects, the calculation has been done on both reconstructed and unreconstructed surfaces of the He/Si(100) system. The origin of mode specificity for energy transfer is discussed. The contribution of one, two, and multi-phonon events to the total energy transfer between 0 and 600 K is also given.