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Shell structure and level spacing distribution in metallic clusters

E. HammarénM. ManninenJ. Mansikka-aho

subject

Spherical geometrysymbols.namesakeMaterials scienceTight bindingCondensed matter physicsMonte Carlo methodFermi levelsymbolsDensity of statesWigner distribution functionElectronic structureLevel-spacing distributionAtomic and Molecular Physics and Optics

description

The lattice gas Monte Carlo and tight binding method is used to study the electronic shell structure in large metallic clusters. The average density of states of a large ensemble of deformed clusters shows the same shell structure as the most spherical geometry. The level spacing distribution at the Fermi level is a Wigner distribution.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01429100