Abstract
X-ray-photoelectron spectroscopy has been used to investigate the valence bands of AgF, AgCl, AgBr, , and . Assignments of the photoemission peaks are made by using the point-charge electrostatic model of Citrin and Thomas. Density-of-states maxima from the halogen levels are clearly resolved from those of the silver states. Additional splittings due to -space symmetry are observable, and in the case of AgCl and AgBr, give excellent confirmation of existing band-structure calculations. The spectrum of AgF shows the inversion of silver and halogen levels suggested by the optical-absorption spectra and predicted by several recent band calculations. A new interpretation for the AgF optical spectrum is proposed.
- Received 10 December 1973
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.11.5094
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