There are many papers on hot carrier generation and extraction (directed towards photocatalysis, mainly). They all begin explaining what a localised plasmon is, and then it is mentioned that the plasmon decays via two mechanisms: radiative decay (a photon emitted) and non-radiative decay (usually referred to as Landau damping) where an electron-hole pair is excited. In every paper I have read, there is not a single citation after that phrase: "...nonradiative decay (Landau damping) where an electron-hole pair is excited...".
I found a very nice explanation of Landau damping here: Article Introduction to Landau Damping
Now, the above paper published by CERN is aimed for applications such as accelerators, massive systems, not small nanoparticles. My question is: What is the link between Landau damping and electron-hole pairs generated as a consequence of non-radiative LSPR decay in nanoparticles?
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