|   |   | Preface |   |   | 
|   |   | List of abbreviations |   |   | 
|   |   | List of symbols |   |   | 
| 1 |   | Atomic diffusion on surfaces |   | 1 | 
| 1.1 |   | Diffusivities: an introduction |   | 1 | 
| 1.2 |   | Distribution of atomic displacements |   | 7 | 
| 1.3 |   | Jump rates |   | 17 | 
| 2 |   | Determination of adatom movements |   | 24 | 
| 2.1 |   | Field ion microscopy |   | 24 | 
| 2.2 |   | Field electron emission microscopy |   | 29 | 
| 2.3 |   | Scanning tunneling microscopy |   | 31 | 
| 2.4 |   | FIM measurement of diffusivity |   | 34 | 
| 2.5 |   | Displacement distributions |   | 44 | 
| 2.6 |   | STM measurements of diffusion |   | 46 | 
| 2.7 |   | Other measurement techniques |   | 53 | 
| 2.8 |   | Theoretical estimates |   | 56 | 
| 3 |   | Atomic events in surface diffusion |   | 64 | 
| 3.1 |   | Adatom binding sites |   | 64 | 
| 3.2 |   | Atomic jumps in diffusion |   | 86 | 
| 3.3 |   | Long jumps in surface diffusion |   | 116 | 
| 3.4 |   | Transient diffusion |   | 146 | 
| 4 |   | Diffusion on one-dimensional surfaces |   | 183 | 
| 4.1 |   | Aluminum: A1(110), (311), (331) |   | 184 | 
| 4.2 |   | Nickel: Ni(110) |   | 186 | 
| 4.3 |   | Nickel: Ni(311) and Ni(331) |   | 193 | 
| 4.4 |   | Copper: Cu(110), Cu(311), Cu(331) |   | 194 | 
| 4.5 |   | Molybdenum: Mo(211) |   | 200 | 
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