Solid State Physics of Finite Systems
Subtitle: Metal Clusters, Fullerenes, Atomic Wires
By: by Ricardo A. Broglia, Gianluca Colò, Giovanni Onida, H. Eduardo Roman
Contributors: Colò, Gianluca; Onida, Giovanni; Roman, H. Eduardo
Series: Advanced Texts in Physics; Advanced Texts in Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9783642059117; 9783662099384
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Engineering; Mathematical physics; Physics; Nanotechnology
Description: This book surveys the physics of the quantum, finite many-body systems that are the basis of nanostructures such as fullerenes and metal clusters. The ab initio techniques for describing the single-particle motion (electrons) and the collective degrees of freedom (plasmons and phonons), and their interaction, are discussed in detail. Applications to the study of phenomena such as the electromagnetic response and superconductivity of these systems are considered. Built around current research and drawing upon lectures given to advanced undergraduates, the book will interest students, young researchers and practitioners in the fields of solid-state and atomic physics and physical chemistry.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overview; title: Electronic Structure; title: Electronic Response to Time-Dependent Perturbations; title: Applications to Carbon Structures and Metal Clusters; title: Phonons: Harmonic Approximation; title: The Car-Parrinello Method; title: Coupling of Electrons to Phonons and to Plasmons; title: Pairing in Atomic Aggregates; title: Discussion; title: References; title: Index.