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      Evidence for a Spin Acoustic Surface Plasmon from Inelastic Atom Scattering 

      Benedek, G.; Bernasconi, M.; Campi, D.; Silkin, Igor V.; Chernov, I. P.; Silkin, Viatcheslav M.; Chulkov, Evgueni V.; Echenique Landiribar, Pedro Miguel; Toennies, J. P.; Anemone, G.; Al Taleb, A.; Miranda, R.; Farías, D. (Nature, 2021-01-15)
      Closed-shell atoms scattered from a metal surface exchange energy and momentum with surface phonons mostly via the interposed surface valence electrons, i.e., via the creation of virtual electron-hole pairs. The latter can ...