As shown in Fig. 1b, the shoulder at lower binding energies becomes comparatively weaker at the larger θ = 40 °
photoelectron emission angle (with respect to the surface normal) when compared to spectra taken at θ = 20 °.
The choice of tungsten diselenide as material turned out to be essential: It provides four
photoelectron emission channels with different initial state properties and the outstanding stability of the surface enabled long - term data collecting improving the statistical significance.