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This chapter contains the main experimental data presented in this thesis. I begin by presenting the elastic diffraction results that I used to determine the crystallographic orientation of the surface. From there, I move on to the measured inelastic data along with calculated surface phonon dispersion curves. Finally, I end this chapter with a calculation of the mode-specific electron–phonon coupling parameter λ ν (q) based upon the experimental results.
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The RPA theoretical analysis, including derivation of the Dyson equation and Matsubara phonon Green function, was developed by Luiz Santos as part of a collaboration with the Chamon group at Boston University.
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Howard, C. (2016). HASS Results from the Surface of Bi2Se3 and Bi2Te3 . In: Measuring, Interpreting and Translating Electron Quasiparticle - Phonon Interactions on the Surfaces of the Topological Insulators Bismuth Selenide and Bismuth Telluride. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44723-0_6
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