Photoabsorption Spectra of Nan+ clusters: Thermal Line-Broadening Mechanisms
M. Moseler, H. Hakkinen, Uzi Landman
Abstract
Photoabsorption cross sections of small sodium cluster cations (Nan+, n=3,5,7 and 9) were calculated at various temperatures with the time-dependent local-density-approximation (TDLDA) in conjunction with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, yielding spectra that agree with measured ones without ad-hoc line broadening or renormalization. Three thermal line-broadening mechanisms are revealed: (I) lifting of level degeneracies caused by symmetry-breaking ionic motions, (II) oscillatory shifts of the entire spectrum caused by breathing vibrations, and (III) cluster structural isomerizations.
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