Sum rules for surface response functions with application to the van der Waals interaction between an atom and a metal
- 15 May 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 27 (10) , 6058-6065
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.27.6058
Abstract
We derive powerful sum rules for several important surface response functions which describe the response of a metal surface to an external time-dependent electric field. As an illustration, the van der Waals interaction between a particle and a metal is discussed.Keywords
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