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Features of plasmon and surface plasmon polariton
What is the difference between surface plasmon polariton and plasmon in the Hamiltonian? So let's say that I can diagonalize the Hamiltonian of the system I am studying no matter how complicated that ...
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Negative curvature of zero sound dispersion
In the theory of a Landau-Fermi liquid, one of the major predictions is the dispersion of zero sound. From the linearized kinetic equation, we know that the dimensionless dispersion $s$ is given by
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