Time-dependent variational principle and the effective action in density-functional theory and Berry’s phase

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3916-3922

  Rajagopal, A K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000683743     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.3916     Document Type: Article

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