Magnetron-based source of neutral metal vapors for photoelectron spectroscopy

Abstract

The construction of a magnetron-based source for neutral metal vapors is presented. The first photoelectron spectroscopy experiments with the source using synchrotron radiation at MAX-lab, Sweden are described. Photoelectron spectra of atomic copper, silver, and nickel are reported with an 80meV resolution for Cu and Ag, previously not achieved in experiments using synchrotron light.