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Uniform plasma oscillations in ellipsoid of conductive material

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v1 Plasma Physics

Abstract

The influence of the shape of a sample on the type of uniform dipole collective electrons oscillations is discussed. In samples of a bulk shape uniform bulk dipole oscillation (Langmuir oscillation) cannot exist. It exists in samples of a thin slab shape only. As uniform bulk dipole oscillations cannot penetrate ellipsoidal samples of conductive material, they exist in the surface layer of a sample only (Mie oscillations). Frequencies of Mie oscillations are alculated for a sample of the shape of an arbitrary ellipsoid.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0702081,
  title  = {Uniform plasma oscillations in ellipsoid of conductive material},
  author = {Yuri Kornyushin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0702081},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Langmuir oscillation is possible in a thin slab shape sample only