Equilibrium Geometries and Electronic Structures of Small Sodium Clusters

José Luís Martins, Jean Buttet, and Roberto Car
Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 655 – Published 13 August 1984
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Abstract

We report self-consistent local-spin-density calculations which provide, for the first time, the equilibrium geometries of the sodium clusters Nan and Nan+ with n<~8 and n=13, without making any a priori assumptions. Our results are in excellent agreement with recently obtained photoionization appearance potentials and electron-spin-resonance spectra. We find rapid formation of the metallic bond with a dominance of closely packed structures in two and three dimensions, and propose a simple model to account for it.

  • Received 13 February 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.655

©1984 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

José Luís Martins* and Jean Buttet

  • Institut de Physique Expérimentale, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Roberto Car

  • International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy

  • *Present address: Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado 80401.

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Vol. 53, Iss. 7 — 13 August 1984

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