Collective electron excitations in 3D graphite clusters

Group-theoretical analysis and subsequent quantum-chemical calculations based on the molecular orbital method applied to a cyclic model of 3D semimetallic graphite lead to a multiplet of spectroscopic combinations of Slater determinants. The transition energies ΔE between terms of the multiplet are interpreted as the energies of collective electron mesoscopic excitations ?ω in the entire set of electron states characterizing the metal-type conductivity of a cluster. The estimate ?ω～0.2ΔE(N ₀/1000)^2/3 is obtained for a cluster consisting of N ₀ primitive cells. Depending on the thermal processing, N ₀=(0.3–20)×10⁶ in pyrolytic graphite, and accordingly ?ω～(10–150) eV. In the case when the energy cannot be determined accurately, methods permitting the variation of an excitation over a wide range (such as the spectroscopy of synchrotron radiation absorption and the characteristic energy losses of charged particles) appear to be the most promising.     

Collective electronic excitations in clusters in the vicinity of metal surfaces

We study the collective excitations of metal clusters approaching a metal surface. Using a simple model for the frequency-dependent dielectric constant ε(ω) and the multiple scattering method, we numerically investigate the shift in the plasmon resonance due to the coupling of the collective modes of the sphere with those of its mirror image. Results of the model calculation are verified by means of ab initio theory. As a prototype system we study Na₉ ⁺ cluster on the Cu(100) surface. The representation of the solid surface by a cluster of several, typically 54 substrate atoms, is used in combination with a high level configuration interaction (CI) calculation. PACS 31.15.Dv; 36.40.Gk; 73.20.-f     

Collective excitations of gluons

Three gauge invariant antisymmetric tensor fields are introduced in the nonabelian gauge theories. They are certain non-linear combinations of the conjugate field tensor and they obey O(3) algebra. An effective chiral lagrangian for these fields is derived. It describes 3 vector and 3 axial mesons with vacuum quantum numbers. The masses are generated by spontaneous restoration of Lorentz invariance.     

Collective excitations in superconductors

The excitations connected with quantum condensation of a fermion gas are calculated quantitatively along the lines of a previous paper. We find exact agreement with earlier results: excitations of the phonon type in the absence of Coulomb interaction, strong indications for their nonexistence in the presence of this interaction.     

Collective excitations of the polaron-gas

The dispersion of the collective excitations of a polaron-gas is calculated. It is found that the interaction between the L.O. phonons and the plasmons induces a relatively strong wave vector dependence in the ω⁺, ω^- modes. This dispersion is primarily a consequence of the interaction of the L.O. phonons with the resonant plasmon branch in the pair excitation spectrum.     

Exciton-like excitations in liquid helium

The energy spectrum of elementary excitations in superfluid helium is derived on the basis of arguments based on a model for the liquid structure. The spectrum consists of two branches: the Landau-Feynman branch and a new branch, above the Landau-Feynman branch, whose central part has been observed experimentally by Iwamoto.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 64–67, June, 1974.     

Collective excitations of nuclear matter

It has been shown that in a renormalizable gauge-invariant field-theory model, besides the usual factorizable contribution to the parity-violating vector-meson-exchange potential there is a nonseparable contribution which is equally important. Both contributions have been calculated in the model based on the Bethe-Salpeter equation which describes vector mesons as bound quark-antiquark states. Complete expressions for parity-violating nuclear potentials have been given for the Cabibbo and the Weinberg-Salam models, including the asymptotically-free field-theory version of the latter, which employs coloured quarks and vector gluons.     

Collective excitations in semiconductor superlattices

Collective excitations in semiconductor superlattices are studied beyond tbe random-phase approximation (RPA). The Singwi, Tosi, Land and Sjölander (STLS) theory, which accounts for exchange and short-range correlations effects through an effective potential depending on the structurc factor, is generalized to the layered electron system described by the model of Visscher and Falicov. The exact numerical solution of the STLS self-consistent equations provides information about intraplane and interplane correlations. The plasmon dispersion curves are evaluated for some typical values of the coupling constant r_s of the electron system and the distance between the planes for GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor superlattices. For comparison, the RPA and the Hubbard approximation are also considered.     

Collective excitations in electron-hole bilayers

We report a combined analytic and molecular dynamics analysis of the collective mode spectrum of a bipolar (electron-hole) bilayer in the strong coupling classical limit. A robust, isotropic energy gap is identified in the out-of-phase spectra, generated by the combined effect of correlations and of the excitation of the bound dipoles. In the in-phase spectra we identify longitudinal and transverse acoustic modes wholly maintained by correlations. Strong nonlinear generation of higher harmonics of the fundamental dipole oscillation frequency and the transfer of harmonics between different modes is observed.     

Collective excitations in exciton crystal

Crystal phase of indirect excitons formed by spatially separated electrons and holes in coupled quantum wells is analyzed. The collective mode spectrum of the exciton crystal at zero and nonzero agnetic fields is found. The spectrum consists of two optical and two acoustical modes (transverse and longitudinal in each case). We also study changes of the dipole crystal collective excitations at the transition exciton crystal-electron-hole plasma.     

Collective excitations in145Ba

High-spin levels in¹²⁵Ba have been produced in the¹¹⁶Sn(¹² C, 3n) reaction and studied by in-beam spectroscopic methods. Two strongly populated band structures are observed. The odd-parity one is based on a 7/2^? state and can be explained as the result of the coupling between anh _11/2 neutron-hole and a prolate type triaxial core. The even-parity band, built on a 7/2⁺ state, corresponds to collective excitations associated with a neutron-hole in theg _7/2 shell. Comparisons with heavier odd-A Ba isotopes and discussions are made in the frame work of the triaxial core model. Nuclear Reactions¹¹⁶Sn(¹²C, 3nγ), E=45–55 MeV; measuredσ(E;E _γ,θ),γγ-coinc,γ-γ delay. Enriched target, Ge(Li) detectors.¹²⁵Ba deduced levels,J,π,γ-mixing.     

Collective excitations in molecular complexes

Green's functions are used to derive an equation for the energies of collective excitations in molecular complexes. It is found that the collective branch contains a solution of exciton type. An expression is derived for the energies of the exciton excitations.     

Collective excitations in small carbon cluster

We apply the time-dependent local density approximation to the small carbon clusters. The carbon clusters of chain and ring shapes are found to show strong π-electron transitions. An interpretation is given for them as the one-dimensional plasmon excitation. Presented by K. Yabana at the International Conference on “Atomic Nuclei and Metallic Clusters”, Prague, September 1–5, 1997.     

Collective excitations in the anharmonic crystal

We consider a lattice model of an anharmonic crystal and compute the isothermal (χ_T) and adiabatics (χ_S) susceptibilities for the lattice displacement below T_c. A detailed analysis is given in terms of the dimension of the lattice and a decay parameter of the harmonic force. It turns out that there is a phase-space region for which 0 < χ_T/χ_S < 1, indicating breaking of ergodicity, and a region for which χ_T is finite, indicating the presence of a plasmon frequency due to the anharmonicity.