Plasma oscillation

This frequency is a measure of the vibration rate of the electrons relative to the ions which are considered stationary. Eor tme plasma behavior, plasma frequency, COp, must exceed the particle-coUision rate, This plays a central role in the interactions of electromagnetic waves with plasmas. The frequencies of electron plasma waves depend on the plasma frequency and the thermal electron velocity. They propagate in plasmas because the presence of the plasma oscillation at any one point is communicated to nearby regions by the thermal motion. The frequencies of ion plasma waves, also called ion acoustic or plasma sound waves, depend on the electron and ion temperatures as well as on the ion mass. Both electron and ion waves, ie, electrostatic waves, are longitudinal in nature that is, they consist of compressions and rarefactions (areas of lower density, eg, the area between two compression waves) along the direction of motion. 

The function g describes the collective motions of the electrons kc is the cut-off vector for the plasma oscillations and is the plasma frequency (see Pines 1955, particularly p. 391) see also Section III.C. 

Bohm, D., and Gross, E. P., Phys. Rev. 75, 1851, Theory of plasma oscillations. A. Origin of medium-like behaviour." d. 

Araki, G., J. Chem. Phys. 24, 1269, "Plasma oscillation of -electrons in carotenoids."... 

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In the Introduction the problem of construction of a theoretical model of the metal surface was briefly discussed. If a model that would permit the theoretical description of the chemisorption complex is to be constructed, one must decide which type of the theoretical description of the metal should be used. Two basic approaches exist in the theory of transition metals (48). The first one is based on the assumption that the d-elec-trons are localized either on atoms or in bonds (which is particularly attractive for the discussion of the surface problems). The other is the itinerant approach, based on the collective model of metals (which was particularly successful in explaining the bulk properties of metals). The choice between these two is not easy. Even in contemporary solid state literature the possibility of d-electron localization is still being discussed (49-51). Examples can be found in the literature that discuss the following problems high cohesion energy of transition metals (52), their crystallographic structure (53), magnetic moments of the constituent atoms in alloys (54), optical and photoemission properties (48, 49), and plasma oscillation losses (55). 

Following (9.27) we discussed the physical interpretation of the plasma frequency for a simple metal and introduced the concept of a plasmon, a quantized plasma oscillation. It may help our understanding of the physics of surface modes in small particles and the terminology sometimes encountered in their description if we expand that discussion. 

Frohlich, H., and H. Pelzer, 1955. Plasma oscillations and energy loss of charged particles in solids, Proc. Phys. Soc. Lond., A68, 525-529. 

Let us now consider the problem of bound states in plasmas. The interaction between the plasma particles is given by the Coulomb force. A characteristic feature of this interaction is its long range. Therefore, Coulomb systems show a collective behavior, so we can observe, for instance, the dynamical screening of the Coulomb potential and plasma oscillations. 

In 10.4,1 will discuss the evolution of density perturbations in an expanding Universe and in 10.5 the plasma oscillations thereby induced. In 10.6 I will introduce that statistical tools to describe the distribution of CMB tem-pertatures on the sky, and in 10.7 how the cosmological parameters influence the distribution of temperatures. Finally, in 10.8 I will briefly review how we actually analyze CMB data and conclude in 10.8. 

Raether, H. (1977). Surface plasma oscillations and their applications, in Physics of Thin Films, Vol. 9, G. Hass, M.H. Francombe and R.W. Hoffmann (Eds), Academic Press, New York, pp. 145-261. 

The long-range nature of the Coulomb forces in dipolar systems implies, however, the existence of collective excitations, so-called dipolarons [56], that are analogous to the plasma oscillations (plasmons). Such excitations were indeed found in computer simulations [57]. However, the permittivities of the laboratory liquids are usually too small to render this effect important [29]. 

Pockrand I, Raether H (1976) Surface plasma oscillations in silver films with wavy surface profiles a quantitative experimental study. Opt Commun 18 395-399... 

Hayakawa, T., Selvan, S. T., and Nogami, M. (1999). Enhanced fluorescence from Eu3+ owing to surface plasma oscillation of silver particles in ass Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 259 16-22. 

The positive dielectric function in the far-IR indicates that PPy-PF is a dirty metal with WpT 1 the overdamped plasma oscillation prevents the zero-crossing even at Wp. In the critical (sample D) and insulating regimes (sample F), the overdamping of the plasma oscillation is even more clearly evident. 

Lambrecht, B., Leitner, A., Aussenegg. F.R. Femtosecond decay-time measurement of electron-plasma oscillation in nanoUthographically designed silver particles. Appl. Phys. B 64. 269-272 (1997) SHG studies of plasmon dephasing in nanoparticles, ibid. 68. 419-423 (1999)... 

As an illustration, we present in Fig. 3 an example of the current density distribution j(r, 0). For comparison, we also present the distribution for equivalent gas of non-interacting electrons. As it should be, the plasma oscillations behind the projectile (left-hand side of Fig. 2) are not present in this case. 

The plasma frequency corresponds to an oscillation as a whole of the electronic charge density with respect to the fixed ionic charge. By analogy with the phonon excitation, the corresponding excitation is called plasmon and it can be considered as the quantization of classical plasma oscillation. The plasmon oscillation is longitudinal with respect to its propagation and is comparable to the TO phonon mode. The macroscopic electric field associated... 

Due to the symmetry constraints in a 2D electron system with a periodically modulated electron density, one can anticipate that strong chromatic conversion of the EW polarization will occur due to resonant coupling between the EW and plasma oscillations even without dc magnetic field applied. The theory of EW polarization conversion in the 2D electron system with a rectangular electron density profile was developed within the first principles electromagnetic approach... 

We are interested here in resonant interaction between incident EW and plasma oscillations in the 2D electron system. As it is well-known [5], the plasmon wavelengths in 2D electron system are several orders of magnitude shorter than the wavelength of the EW of the same fi equency. To ensure a resonant coupling between the EW and plasma oscillations, the period of the structure has to be of the order o f the plasmon wavelength, which means that L 2n/ko. In this case, only transmitted and reflected EWs of the zero diffraction order survive at distances much longer than the EW wavelength away from 2D electron system. 

Plasmon - A quantum associated with a plasma oscillation in the electron gas of a solid. 

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