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Electronic structure and excitations on clean and nanostructured metal surfaces
11 páginas, 11 figuras.We present a brief overview of recent studies and new theoretical results for electron-phonon interaction in the [`(Y)]Y surface states on FCC(110) noble metal surfaces as well as in surface and quantum-well states of thin films. We discuss the oscillations of electron-phonon coupling parameter λ and the respective contribution to the lifetime broadening of these states. We analyse the effect of spin-orbit splitting of surface states on an electron-electron contribution to lifetimes of excited electrons (holes). Oscillations of the electron-electron contribution and quadratic dependence of the linewidth on energy is discussed for ultrathin Pb(111) films.We gratefully acknowledge partial support by the Department
of Education of the Basque Country Governement, the University
of the Basque Country (project GV-UPV/EHU, grant
IT-366-07), and Ministerio de Ciencia y TecnologĂa (grant
FIS2007-66711-C02-01).Peer reviewe