Catastrophe theory and resonance line shapes in atom-surface scattering
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The measured high-resolution energy profile of a selective adsorption resonance in the scattering of He atoms from NaCl~001! is found to exhibit a mixed-extrema structure reminiscent of a Fano-type function. An analysis of the topological properties of the resonance line shape as a function of the surface temperature reveals a behavior which is isomorphic to the simplest elementary catastrophe, the fold catastrophe. As the crystal temperature approaches the surface Debye temperature QD of NaCl the resonance profile undergoes a transition in its topology according to the behavior of the fold catastrophe. The analysis is sufficiently general in order to be extended to any resonant scattering event displaying Fano-type profiles. @S0163-1829~99!00633-5#
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