Correlation energy of the spin-polarized uniform electron gas at high density

Pierre François Loos, Peter M.W. Gill*

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    Abstract

    The correlation energy per electron in the high-density uniform electron gas can be written as Ec(rs,ζ)=λ 0(ζ)lnrs+0(ζ)+λ 1(ζ)rslnrs+O(rs), where r s is the Seitz radius and ζ is the relative spin polarization. We derive an expression for λ1(ζ) that is exact for any ζ, including the paramagnetic and ferromagnetic limits, λ1(0) and λ1(1), and discover that the previously published λ1(1) value is incorrect. We trace this error to an integration and limit that do not commute. The spin resolution of λ1(ζ) into contributions of electron pairs is also derived.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number033103
    JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
    Volume84
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2011

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