Reconstruction-induced trefoil knot Fermi contour of Au(111)

Abstract

Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we study the effect of the so-called herringbone reconstruction of Au(111) on the dispersion of the free electron-like surface state. While earlier ARPES investigations have only reported a minor interplay of the surface state dispersion and the underlying reconstruction, we show that the uniaxial lattice distortion and the thereby changed reciprocal lattice for the first atomic layer leads to distinct surface state dispersions around the first order reciprocal lattice points of the three domains, creating a constant energy surface resembling a trefoil knot. The findings resolve the long-standing discrepancy between, on one hand, the reconstruction-induced surface state modifications reported in scanning tunnelling microscopy and first principle calculations and, on the other hand, their conspicuous absence in photoemission.

arXiv comment12 pages, 10 figures

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