Within the framework of a linear-response correlation-function approach to the collective modes in an inhomogeneous electron gas, a theory is given of the effect of retardation on surface plasmons. The case of a sharp metal-vacuum interface is worked out in detail as an illustration of the general formalism.
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Harris et al. (1971) studied this question.
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