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An important class of collective excitations of solids are the so-called plasma oscillations i.e. collective motions that the electrons and ions as a whole can undergo either under the influence of external probes or as thermal or quantum mechanical zero-point fluctuations.
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Lucas, A.A. (1974). Introduction to Collective Excitations in Solids. In: Devreese, J.T., Kunz, A.B., Collins, T.C. (eds) Elementary Excitations in Solids, Molecules, and Atoms. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2820-9_3
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