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Plasmons and Surface Plasmons in Bulk Metals, Metallic Clusters, and Metallic Heterostructures

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Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Solids

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 356))

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This article gives an introduction and survey in the theory and spectroscopy of plasmons in the bulk, as well as on boundaries of metals. First, concepts to describe the metallic state and its interaction with electromagnetic fields are summarized, then various approaches to obtain the plasmon-dispersion relations are studied. Finally, some actual questions such as correlation effects and the surface charge density profile on the plasmon-dispersion are discussed.

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v. Baltz, R. (1997). Plasmons and Surface Plasmons in Bulk Metals, Metallic Clusters, and Metallic Heterostructures. In: Di Bartolo, B., Kyrkos, S. (eds) Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Collective Excitations in Solids. NATO ASI Series, vol 356. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5835-4_11

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