Fragmentation of the photoabsorption strength in neutral and charged metal microclusters
arXiv:0910.4576 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.255
Abstract
The line shape of the plasma resonance in both neutral and charged small sodium clusters is calculated. The overall properties of the multipeak structure observed in the photoabsorption cross section of spherical Na_8 and Na_20 neutral clusters can be understood in terms of Landau damping. Quantal configurations are shown to play an important role. In the case of charged Na_9+ and Na_21^+ clusters a single peak is predicted that carries most of the oscillator strength.
This early (1989) jellium matrix-RPA/LDA (TDLDA in Fock space) study: 1) introduced the physics of spectral Landau-damping fragmentation for metal clusters; 2) explained the double line of the neutral Na_20; 3) predicted a 25% strength at high energies (recently seen experimentally); 4) predicted reduced fragmentation for cationic clusters (later seen experimentally);
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