Thermal line broadening in small metal clusters
- 15 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 40 (5) , 2749-2751
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.40.2749
Abstract
Plasmon broadening in small metal clusters is calculated using the jellium model. We find that thermal fluctuations in the shape of the cluster could be a significant source of broadening of the Mie resonance. The shape fluctuation mechanism makes definite predictions for the shape of the resonance line, its temperature dependence, and its dependence on cluster size.Keywords
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