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Location of electrons (not excess charge) in a conductor [static case]
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[QUOTE="Lord Jestocost, post: 6421486, member: 638573"] Theories of metal surfaces have to consider the rapid decrease of the electron density near the surface and the loss of translational symmetry. In the framework of the jellium model of metal surfaces, the electron distribution does not follow the sharp edge of the positive background but rather exhibits a damped oscillatory structure inside the jellium, the so-called Friedel oscillations. Have a look at Fig. 4 in the paper "Theory of Metal Surfaces: Charge Density and Surface Energy" by N. D. Lang and W. Kohn, Phys. Rev. B 1, 4555, 1970: [URL='https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjhyv_wsp3tAhWG2aQKHQ3RARYQFjABegQIBRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.aps.org%2Fpdf%2F10.1103%2FPhysRevB.1.4555&usg=AOvVaw04JmtXoNCOVnGr3kvsdrXf'][SIZE=5][B]Theory of Metal Surfaces: Charge Density and Surface Energy[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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