Surface core-level shift of the Mo(110) surface

The surface core-level shift of the Mo(110) surface is determined from high-resolution photoemission measurements of the Mo 3d level. The 3d core-level binding energy of the surface atoms is found to be lowered by 333±10 meV relative to that of the bulk atoms. This result agrees well with semiempirical estimates and with the results of recent ab initio calculations. Decompositions of the spectra indicate that the 3d core-hole lifetime is shorter for a surface than for a bulk atom