Application of Maxent to Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy

W. von der Linden, M. Donath, V. Dose

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Abstract

Information about the spectral density gained by inverse photoemission spectroscopy is distorted by the Fermi distribution and the apparatus function. In many cases recovery of the desired physical quantities is hampered by an ill-posed inversion problem. It is shown, based on the spin- and temperature dependent quasiparticle spectrum of Ni, that the maximum entropy method yields unbiased access to the spectral density independent of model assumptions. The effective energy resolution is thereby improved by a factor of 5 and structures below the Fermi level E F , which are generally lost in inverse photoemission, are recovered.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods
EditorsGlenn R. Heidbreder
PublisherSpringer Netherlands
Pages343-350
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)978-90-481-4407-5 978-94-015-8729-7
Publication statusPublished - 1996

Publication series

NameFundamental Theories of Physics
PublisherSpringer Netherlands

Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Imaging / Radiology, Physics, general, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Statistics, general

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