Abstract
With 51 keV electrons surface plasma losses have been investigated on small spherical Ag and Au particles embedded in a medium with dielectric constantɛa=2.37. The surface loss of particles with radii of about 50 A is found at 2.99 ±0.03 eV for silver and 2.34±0.03 eV for gold being in good agreement with calculated values. For larger radii the loss shifts to higher energy values which agrees qualitatively with the theory of Fujimoto and Komaki for the free electron gas.
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