Plasmonic excitations in noble metals: The case of Ag

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 8033-8042

  Cazalilla, M ^a   Dolado, J ^a   Rubio, A ^a   Echenique, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 0000329570     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.8033     Document Type: Article

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