Symmetry constraints and variational principles in diffusion quantum monte carlo calculations of excited-state energies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4558-4570

  Hood, R ^b   Needs, R J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001517420     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.4558     Document Type: Article

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