(1) Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ES
Abstract:
We present calculations within density functional theory of the ground state and collective electronic oscillations in small
two-dimensional quantum rings. No spatial symmetries are imposed to the solutions and, as in a recent contribution, a transition
to a broken symmetry solution in the intrinsic reference frame for an increasingly narrow ring is found. The oscillations
are addressed by using real-time simulation. Conspicuous effects of the broken symmetry solution on the spectra are pointed
out.
Received 6 April 2000 and Received in final form 9 June 2000