Tiwari, M.; Gonçalves, S.; Kenkre, V. M. - In: The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and … 62 (2008) 4, pp. 459-464
An atomic cluster moving along a solid surface can undergo dissipation of its translational energy through a direct mode, involving the coupling of the center-of-mass motion to thermal excitations of the substrate, and an indirect mode, due to damping of the internal motion of the cluster, to...