Electromagnetic density of states and absorption of radiation by aggregates of nanosphereswith multipole interactions

Vadim A. Markel^*
Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

Vitaliy N. Pustovit^†
Department of Physics, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA

Sergei V. Karpov^‡
L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia

Alexander V. Obuschenko
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russia

Valeriy S. Gerasimov and Ivan L. Isaev
Department of Physics and Engineering, Krasnoyarsk State Technical University, Krasnoyarsk 660028, Russia

^*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic address: vmarkel@mail.med.upenn.edu

^†Also at: the Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 17 General Naumov St., 03164 Kiev, Ukraine. Electronic address: vitaliy.pustovit@ccaix.jsums.edu

^‡Electronic address: karpov@iph.krasn.ru