Research Article

Two-Dimensional Metallicity with a Large Spin-Orbit Splitting: DFT Calculations of the Atomic, Electronic, and Spin Structures of the Au/Ge(111)- Surface

Table 1

Atomic positions (in Å), as defined in Figure 2, obtained in this study within the LDA and GGA theories and reported in the surface-X-ray-diffraction (XRD, [18]) and low-energy electron-diffraction (LEED, [19]) experiments.

Parameter LDAGGAXRDLEED
This studyThis study [18] [19]

1.62 1.65 1.63 1.62
4.07 4.09 4.11 4.07
4.54 4.54 4.59 4.58
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.44 0.51 0.42 0.51
2.87 2.99 3.02 2.95
3.54 3.72 3.79 3.63
3.78 3.96 3.79 3.87
6.04 6.26 6.24 6.10
6.19 6.42 6.24 6.32
6.96 7.24 7.06 7.06