@article{SessiSilkinNechaevetal.2015,
  author    = {Sessi, Paolo and Silkin, Vyacheslav M. and Nechaev, Ilya A. and Bathon, Thomas and El-Kareh, Lydia and Chulkov, Evgueni V. and Echenique, Pedro M. and Bode, Matthias},
  title     = {Direct observation of many-body charge density oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas},
  series = {Nature Communications},
  volume    = {6},
  journal   = {Nature Communications},
  number    = {8691},
  doi       = {10.1038/ncomms9691},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-145246},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Quantum interference is a striking manifestation of one of the basic concepts of quantum mechanics: the particle-wave duality. A spectacular visualization of this effect is the standing wave pattern produced by elastic scattering of surface electrons around defects, which corresponds to a modulation of the electronic local density of states and can be imaged using a scanning tunnelling microscope. To date, quantum-interference measurements were mainly interpreted in terms of interfering electrons or holes of the underlying band-structure description. Here, by imaging energy-dependent standing-wave patterns at noble metal surfaces, we reveal, in addition to the conventional surface-state band, the existence of an 'anomalous' energy band with a well-defined dispersion. Its origin is explained by the presence of a satellite in the structure of the many-body spectral function, which is related to the acoustic surface plasmon. Visualizing the corresponding charge oscillations provides thus direct access to many-body interactions at the atomic scale.},
  language  = {en}
}