TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE OPTICAL-RESPONSE OF SMALL SODIUM CLUSTERS

被引:18
作者
BULGAC, A
LEWENKOPF, C
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
[2] Instituto de Ffsica, Universidade de So Paulo, So Paulo, 01498
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 31卷 / 09期
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10.1209/0295-5075/31/9/003
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present an analysis of the temperature dependence of the optical response of small sodium clusters in a temperature range bracketing the melting phase transition. When the temperature increases, the mean excitation energy undergoes a red-shift and the plasmon is significantly broadened, in agreement with recent experimental data. Due to large thermal size and shape fluctuations the single-particle levels acquire a prominent width. We also predict a sharp increase of the static polarizability with temperature.
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