The jellium model of simple metal clusters has enjoyed remarkable empirical success,
leading to many theoretical questions. In this review, we first survey the hierarchy of …

The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

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Physics Matthias Brack University of Regensburg, Germany Raj at K. Bhaduri McMaster …

The basic assumption in the nuclear shell model is that, to first order, each nucleon (proton
or neutron) is moving in an independent way in an average field. This is not so, a priori …

The nucleus is one of the most multifaceted many-body systems in the Universe. It exhibits a
multitude of responses depending on the way one “probes” it. With increasing technical …

Quantum algebras are a mathematical tool which provides us with a class of symmetries
wider than that of Lie algebras, which are contained in the former as a special case. After a …

ATOMIC clusters of sodium and other simple metals are known to exhibit a shell structure,
giving rise to enhanced stability at certain'magic numbers' of constituent atoms1–3. Balian …

The delocalized valence electron cloud in metal clusters displays strong collective behavior.
This fact is reflected in a variety of cluster properties, including photoabsorption resonances …

One-photon ionization mass spectra were recorded for silver clusters (generated by pulsed
laser vaporization) throughout the 4.92 to 5.96 eV energy range. Results include:(i) the …

The quantum states of a system of particles in a finite spatial domain in general consist of a
set of discrete energy eigenvalues; these are usually grouped into bunches of degenerate or …