Acoustic surface plasmons in the noble metals Cu, Ag, and Au

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Silkin, V M ^a   Pitarke, J M ^a,b   Chulkov, E V ^a,c   Echenique, P M ^a,c  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

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

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 29744469389     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.115435     Document Type: Article

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