Eur. Phys. J. D 34, 43-45 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2005-00115-8

Magic clusters Na₅₇⁻ and Na₅₉⁺

NanoScience Center, Department of Physics, PB 35 (YFL), 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Corresponding author: ^a kirsi.manninen@phys.jyu.fi

Received: 6 September 2004
Published online: 13 July 2005

Abstract

The electronic structure of positively charged sodium cluster with 59 atoms and negatively charged sodium cluster with 57 atoms (both having 58 electrons) have been studied using an ab initio molecular dynamics method. Although the geometries of both clusters are nearly spherical, the results show differences in the electronic shells.