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Frequency dependent polarizability of small metallic grains

A A Zharov1, I S Beloborodov

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, USA. alexander.zharov@csun.ed

Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal
|May 27, 2011
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