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[1] S.-C. Chang and M.J. Weaver, Surf. Sci. 241 (1991) 11.
[2] A. Roth, Vacuum Technology, 3rd ed. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990).
[3] V. Celli, in: Dynamical Properties of Solids, Vol. 6, Eds. G.K. Horton and A.A. Maradudin (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990) p. 337.
[4] C.B. Duke (Ed.), Surface Science: The First Thirty Years (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1994).
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