Nonadiabatic quasiparticle dynamics in time resolved electron spectroscopies of surface bands

Surface localized electronic states constitute electronic environment for a variety of physical and chemical phenomena taking place on surfaces. Various processes of model catalytic reactions may be influenced or mediated by hot electrons and holes excited in quasi-two-dimensional bands occurring on a large number of metal surfaces. Here we discuss several important aspects of nonadiabatic dynamics of these excitations which may affect the measurements of surface electronic properties by ultrafast electron spectroscopies.