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Title: Dispersion and line shape of plasmon satellites in one, two, and three dimensions

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
  3. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom).Thomas Young Centre (TYC), Dept. of Physics and Dept. of Materials

Using state-of-the-art many-body Green's function calculations based on the GW plus cumulant approach, we analyze the properties of plasmon satellites in the electron spectral function resulting from electron-plasmon interactions in one-, two-, and three-dimensional systems. Specifically, we show how their dispersion relation, line shape, and linewidth are related to the properties of the constituent electrons and plasmons. To gain insight into the many-body processes giving rise to the formation of plasmon satellites, we connect the GW plus cumulant approach to a many-body wave-function picture of electron-plasmon interactions and introduce the coupling-strength-weighted electron-plasmon joint density states as a powerful concept for understanding plasmon satellites.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308; EP/N005244/1; TYC-101; EP/L000202; DMR15-1508412; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1270788
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1259583; OSTI ID: 1440932
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5K00-66821; PRBMDO
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 23; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 14 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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