Band-gap energy in the random-phase approximation to density-functional theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Niquet, Y M ^a,b   Gonze, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; KINETICS; SOLID;

EID: 14944376213     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.245115     Document Type: Article

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