Ground State of the Electron Gas by a Stochastic Method

D. M. Ceperley and B. J. Alder
Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 566 – Published 18 August 1980
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Abstract

An exact stochastic simulation of the Schroedinger equation for charged bosons and fermions has been used to calculate the correlation energies, to locate the transitions to their respective crystal phases at zero temperature within 10%, and to establish the stability at intermediate densities of a ferromagnetic fluid of electrons.

  • Received 16 April 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566

©1980 American Physical Society

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D. M. Ceperley

  • National Resource for Computation in Chemistry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

B. J. Alder

  • Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550

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Vol. 45, Iss. 7 — 18 August 1980

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