Exchange-correlation energy and the phase diagram of Si

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Alfe D ^a   Gillan, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ENERGY; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 1542457281     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.205212     Document Type: Article

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