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CollectiveEλ excitations of surface character in spherical and deformed sodium clusters: vibrating potential model
The self-consistent vibrating potential model (VPM) is extended for the description ofEλ surface collective excitations in alkali metal clusters with practically any kind of static deformation. The case of spherical clusters is also covered. Any single-particle potentials and valence electron densities for which the coefficients of the multipole expansion are known can be used within the model. The strength function method incorporated into the model allows one to avoid solving the equations for every state and, as a result, simplifies the calculations drastically. The model is of a quite general character and can also be used for description of giant resonances in atomic nuclei if the Coulomb terms are neglected. The VPM is applied to calculate theE1,E2 andE3 excitations in spherical (Na8, Na20 and Na40) and deformed (Na10, Na18 and Na26) clusters.
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RPA description of dipole oscillations in deformed sodium clusters
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APPLICATION OF NUCLEAR THEORY METHODS TO NEW FAMILY OF FERMI SYSTEM
Duo to a remarkable progress in experimental techniques, the new family of .small Fermi systems (SFS) (metal clusters, fullerencs, helium clusters and quantum dots) was discovered about ten years ago. As was established, those Fermi systems have a striking similarity with atomic nuclei (see re­views and conference proceedings [1-9]). The most remarkable feature of now SFS is that they possess a mean field of the same kind as in atomic iniclci which allows one to investigate SFS by nuclear theory methods. If recent investigations of SFS have mainly been limited to atoms and atomic nuclei, our present possibilities have become much wider, We have really obtained a good chance for studying both a common behavior of SFS and a wonderful variety of their properties. In the present paper, the particular properties of the new SFS as well as the application of nuclear physics methods to their description are briefly reviewed. The properties of the new SFS and atomic nuclei are continually compared. The main attention is paid to metal clusters (MC) or, more precisely, to E\ giant resonances (GR) in this system. Iri Sec.2, the sketch of basic properties of MC as well as the perspectives of their investigation arc given. Sec.3 is devoted to the description of E\ GR in MC, In Sec.3 the properties of fullerencs, helium clusters and quantum dots are outlined. In Sec.4 the conclusions are presented.
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Overlap of metal clusters and nuclear structure physics
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High temperature asymptotics in terms of heat kernel coefficients: Boundary conditions with spherical and cylindrical symmetries
Abstract The high temperature asymptotics of the Helmholtz free energy of an electromagnetic field subject to boundary conditions with spherical and cylindrical symmetries are constructed by making use of a general expansion in terms of heat kernel coefficients and the related determinant. For this purpose, some new heat kernel coefficients and determinants had to be calculated for the boundary conditions under consideration. The obtained results reproduce all the asymptotics derived by other methods in the problems at hand and involve a few new terms in the high temperature expansions. An obvious merit of this approach is its universality and applicability to any boundary value problem correctly formulated.
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Dynamics of relativistic particles with Lagrangians dependent on acceleration
Models of relativistic particles with Lagrangians L(k1), depending on the curvature of the worldline k1, are considered. By making use of the Frenet basis, the equations of motion are reformulated in terms of the principal curvatures of the worldline. It is shown that for arbitrary Lagrangian function L(k1) these equations are completely integrable, i.e., the principal curvatures are defined by integrals. The constants of integration are the particle mass and its spin. The developed method is applied to the study of a model of a relativistic particle with maximal proper acceleration, whose Lagrangian is uniquely determined by a modified form of the invariant relativistic interval. This model gives us an example of a consistent relativistic dynamics obeying the principle of a superiorly limited value of the acceleration, advanced recently.
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Singular Lagrangians with higher derivatives
The Hamiltonian formalism for systems with singular Lagrangians of the second order is constructed. A new method is proposed for obtaining the equations of motion in the phase space for theories with singular Lagrangians and the connection of the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian descriptions is traced in detail. As an example, a generalisation of the relativistic point action is considered. It involves both the length and curvature of the point trajectory in spacetime.
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CASIMIR ENERGY OF A DILUTE DIELECTRIC BALL AT ZERO AND FINITE TEMPERATURE
The basic results in calculations of the thermodynamic functions of electromagnetic field in the background of a dilute dielectric ball at zero and finite temperature are presented. Summation over the angular momentum values is accomplished in a closed form by making use of the addition theorem for the relevant Bessel functions. The behavior of the thermodynamic characteristics in the low and high temperature limits is investigated. The T3-term in the low temperature expansion of the free energy is recovered (this term has been lost in our previous calculations).
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On instability of hadronic string with heavy quarks at its ends
The quark mass dependence of the energy spectrum in the Nambu--Goto string with point--like masses (quarks) at its ends is analyzed. To this end, linearized equations of motion and boundary conditions in this model are considered. It is shown that for sufficiently large quark masses, the first excited state in string spectrum may be arbitrary close to the ground state. Obviously this points to infrared instability in the system under consideration. Possible modifications of string model which could remove this drawback are discussed.