Diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the excited states of silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 12140-12144

  Williamson, A ^a   Hood, Randolph Q ^a   Needs, R ^a   Rajagopal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000714133     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.12140     Document Type: Article

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