Low-energy plasmons in quantum-well and surface states of metallic thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Silkin, V M ^a,b,c   Nagao, T ^d   Despoja, V ^b,e   Echeverry, J P ^b,e   Eremeev, S V ^b,f,g   Chulkov, E V ^a,b,e   Echenique, P M ^a,b,e  

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

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF STRENGTH PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^g TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 80455124002     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.165416     Document Type: Article

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