A method for the calculation of excitonic effects in certain metals

Due to the long-range screening behavior of electrons in metals, interactions between excited electrons and their corresponding holes are few and are generally ignored. In this thesis, we attempt to include this electron-hole interaction into the calculation by randomly choosing a finite number of electrons to represent the hole and calculating the response of these chosen electrons to the excited electron. Calculations were done for lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium and aluminum.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Groh, David John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kunz, A.B.

• excitonic effects
• long-range screening behavior of electrons
• electron-hole interaction
• metals

Statement dc:rights

• 1986 David John Groh

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

978690

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/25256