Spin Polarization of the Uniform Three-Dimensional Electron Gas
H. Van Cong
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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2011.29122   PDF    HTML     5,262 Downloads   9,381 Views   Citations

Abstract

A simple-and-analytic form for total energy (or ground-state energy) in the uniform three-dimensional electron gas, expressed as a function of any Wigner-Seitz radius rs and relative spin polarization ζ is obtained with a very good accuracy of 0.036% from the Stoner model and our interpolation between high-and-low density limits with use of a two-point approach for the correlation energy and spin stiffness at rs = 1 and 70. This suggests a satisfactory desciption of some physical properties such as: paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition and thermodynamic-and-optical phenomena.

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H. Cong, "Spin Polarization of the Uniform Three-Dimensional Electron Gas," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 2 No. 9, 2011, pp. 1017-1023. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2011.29122.

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