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Stability of Alkali Metal Clusters

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Microclusters

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In the recent experiments of mass spectroscopy for various kinds of small clusters, the pronounced abundance has been observed at certain numbers of atoms forming a cluster. These special numbers of atoms are usually called “magic numbers” of a cluster. The magic number is considered to be determined by relative stability of clusters of different sizes. KNIGHT et al. [1] have assigned the magic number of sodium clusters as the number of valence electrons giving a closed shell configuration of quantum states in the spherical square well or its modification called Wood-Saxon potential. This model is quite similar to the shell model in nuclear physics.

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  1. The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo 106, Japan

    Y. Ishii & S. Sugano

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  1. Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan

    Satoru Sugano

  2. The Research Institute of Iron, Steel and Other Metals, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai 980, Japan

    Yuichiro Nishina

  3. Fundamental Research Labs., NEC Corp., 1-1 Miyazaki 4, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213, Japan

    Shuhei Ohnishi

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Ishii, Y., Sugano, S. (1987). Stability of Alkali Metal Clusters. In: Sugano, S., Nishina, Y., Ohnishi, S. (eds) Microclusters. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83064-8_3

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