COLLECTIVE PLASMON EXCITATIONS IN C60 CLUSTERS

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作者
BERTSCH, GF
BULGAC, A
TOMANEK, D
WANG, Y
机构
[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, NATL SUPERCOND CYCLOTRON LAB, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
[2] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, CTR FUNDAMENTAL MAT RES, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2690
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The electromagnetic response function of a C60 cluster is calculated using linear-response theory. We find that the valence electrons are quite delocalized and show collective excitations. In the low-energy part of the excitation spectrum, the lowest allowed transition at HBAR-omega almost-equal-to 3 eV is strongly screened, and the other transitions below 6 eV are moderately screened, in agreement with experiment. We also predict a giant collective resonance at an unusually high energy of almost-equal-to 20 eV.
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页码:2690 / 2693
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