Theoretical Estimation of the Importance of Two-Electron Collisions for Relaxation in Metal Clusters

A. Domps; P.-G. Reinhard; E. Suraud

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5524

Theoretical Estimation of the Importance of Two-Electron Collisions for Relaxation in Metal Clusters

A. Domps, P.-G. Reinhard, and E. Suraud

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5524 – Published 21 December 1998

Abstract

We analyze the effect of electron-electron collisions in the electronic dynamics of sodium clusters using the Vlasov-Ühling-Uhlenbeck approach. The damping rate due to two-body collisions follows the expected quadratic-in-temperature trend and complies with estimates from Landau liquid theory and is hinted at in the first experimental results.

Received 2 April 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5524

Authors & Affiliations

A. Domps¹, P.-G. Reinhard², and E. Suraud^1,3

¹Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, Cedex France
²Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlangen, Staudtstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
³Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France